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the space shuttle

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it has defined an era and broken

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boundaries both in space and on earth

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among the hundreds of people that have

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flown on the shuttle many have been

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firsts for their race their country or

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their profession

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in 1983 sally ride became the first

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american woman in space on sts-7

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that flight also brought us the first

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doctor in space norm thagard

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later that year guy bluford became the

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first african american in space on sts-8

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in 1985 ellison onozuka became the first

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asian american to fly in space on

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sts-51c

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and on that flight gary payton became

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the first military payload specialist to

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fly on the space shuttle

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mae jemison became the first

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african-american woman in space on

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sts-47

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that same flight also had a married

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couple that flew together mark lee and

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jan davis

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ellen ochoa was the first hispanic woman

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to fly in space in 1993.

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kathy sullivan became the first american

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woman to walk in space in 1984 on

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sts-41g

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in 1995 bernard harris became the first

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african american to walk in space and

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the first hispanic to walk in space was

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carlos noriega in 2000

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jake garn became the first senator to

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fly in space on sts-51d

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on sts-9 oath merbal became the first

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international astronaut on the space

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shuttle although it would take about 11

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years before a russian would fly that

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was sergey krikalev in 1994 on sts 60.

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the first african-american commander of

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the shuttle was fred gregory on sts-33

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and the first hispanic commander was sid

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gutierrez in 1994 on

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sts-59 and eileen collins set two

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records

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she became the first female pilot of the

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shuttle in 1995

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and the first female commander of the

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space shuttle in 1999

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as the space shuttle takes its place in

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the history books alongside other

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programs like mercury and apollo one of

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its greatest legacies will be the people

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who flew onboard it

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regardless of nationality gender or

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color the shuttle flew more people from