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How astronaut diversity changed for the better in a single NASA class

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How astronaut diversity changed for the better in a single NASA class

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A new book explores the astronaut class that permanently changed human spaceflight at NASA.

“The Thirty-Five New Guys,” as the 1978 astronaut class called itself, brought unprecedented diversity to the previously all-white, all-male astronaut corps. That class included the first female astronauts, among them Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman in space. Also included were the first African-American astronauts, such as the first flyer of that group, Guion “Guy” Bluford, and Ellison Onizuka, who became the first Asian-American to reach space. 



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