Aalice.520 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Tue Apr 20 17:45:07 1982 Black Astronaut After Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space aboard STS-7, Air Force Lt. Guion S. Bluford will become the first Black astronaut in STS-8. He will also serve as a mission specialist. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.