Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first Black, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
15 December 1961, Centerville, Illinois, USA
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
19 August 1935, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 August 1946, Hope, Arkansas, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 September 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
24 January 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 August 1938, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
1951
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19 August 1921, El Paso, Texas, USA
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
22 September 1981, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
28 December 1932, Robbins, Illinois, USA
21 February 1940, Troy, Alabama, USA
5 April 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
27 August 1908, Stonewall, Texas, USA
May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
16 February 1945, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK