Guion S. Bluford's Achievements

Out of 2,000 she was one of the 15 chosen on June 4,1987 She had become the first African American women to be admitted into the training program. Unfortunately the challenger and columbia shuttle’s had just destroyed when she applied her resume because it took a while for NASA to recover. After completing extensive training she was assigned to the shuttle Endeavor for a 190 hour mission. On September 20,1992 Mae became the first colored women in space. Which she commented that “Society should recognize how much both women and members of other minority groups can contribute if given the

Dewayne Boyer Sr., son of Annie Griffin and William was born on April 12, 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland at City Hospital. Dewayne affectionately known as Wookie, departed this life on June 22, 2016 suddenly.

One of seven children, Zebulon Reed Brockway was born on April 28, 1827 in Lyme, Connecticut. His father, also named Zebulon, was a wealthy businessman, politician, state prison commissioner, and philanthropist. In his autobiography, Zebulon Brockway refers to his father as a “man of importance in his time and place” (Brockway, 2012, p. 5). Among his father’s specific accomplishments were his service for 13 years as one of the directors of the state prison in Connecticut, and, in the 1850s, his elections to both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut State Senate.

Onizuka's first major accomplishment was becoming the first Asian American in space. "Onizuka became the first Asian American in space in January of 1985 when he joined the crew of the Discovery for the shuttle program's first Department of Defense mission" (Encyclopedia.com, 2018). Onizuka was the type of person that never forgot where he came from. He remembers being a little kid in Hawaii and dreaming of becoming an astronaut. He feels he can have an impact on the next generation of young Hawaiians and minorities around the world.

She also created and was the first Director of NASA’s Office of Exploration. When she completed her investigation, she was sent to Washington D.C, for long-range planning. After the incident, Ride produced a report entitled, “Leadership and America’s Future in Space.” (Ride). After Dr. Ride left NASA, she became a teacher; a professor actually. She wanted to make sure that students knew and got to love space just as much, if not more, as she did. As a Physics professor, in 1989 Ride joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego. She is also the Director of the California Space Institute at the university. Ride’s favorite subjects were always science and math, making NASA and teaching perfect careers for her; something she loved to do day in and out.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1942, Guion S. Bluford was a decorated Air Force pilot in Vietnam before joining NASA in the late 1970s. In 1983, he became the first African American to travel into space when he served as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Bluford completed three more NASA missions, compiling 688 hours in space by the time of his retirement in 1993. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. was born on November 22, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The son of a mechanical engineer and a special education teacher, Bluford grew up in a household where academic success was encouraged. He enrolled at Pennsylvania State University as a member of the U.S. Air Force ROTC program and graduated in 1964 with a degree

U.S. American John Glenn Jr. was not always good at school work, but with his parents motivation to do so he attended Muskingum College. Over the years of his life, John began to see the hard work being paid off. He began to take extra core classes to get his pilot license to fly in the United States Army Air Corps. After enduring that work it brought his attention with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Although John Glenn Jr. was known as a hard worker at his achievements, it was his upbringing and expectations that his parents brought upon him that prepared him for his reputations.

John Buford began his life on March 4, 1826 in Woodford County, Kentucky. His parents were John and Anne Bannister Buford. Buford’s mother died from cholera and then he moved with his family to Rock Island, Illinois (Hickman 1). John Buford started his training when he joined the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Prior to joining the U.S.Military Academy, he attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for a year. Buford went on to graduate in the middle of his class while attending Knox College. Buford was assigned as a second lieutenant in the First Dragoon Regiment after graduation from

Who is Annie Easley? Maybe she was one of the four African Americans to work for NASA out of 2,500 employees. Or maybe she was a human computer, a mathematician, or a math technician? Who was Annie Easley?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945. Franklin Roosevelt was not the first Roosevelt to serve as president. Franklin Roosevelt was related to Theodore Roosevelt, who had been the 26th president of the United States. As an only child, he got to go on many trips to Europe with his parents, his dad had been 26 years older than his mom and was educated by private tutors instead of going to an public school. When he had been attending Harvard University, FDR met his distant cousin Eleanor and had fallen in love.

After a national tragedy has struck the United States, a group of survivors now has to learn how to survive on their own. In Alas, Babylon a nuclear war has just started that has majorly decreased the population in countries around the world leaving nuclear fallout in its path. Alas, Babylon takes place in the United States, Florida in a small town called Fort Repose. Frank writes, in his book Alas, Babylon, about Randy Bragg and a small group of survivors from River road that band together to take on all the changes that face them without the help from the government. The three methods of survival that Randy and his band of survivors use are making ways to process items and recharge batteries; reinventing old ways of transportation and replacing

William Golding was born on September 1911,in England.He had his education at Marl Borough Grammar School and then Oxford.His parents wanted him to study science ,however he didn't wish to complete his education as a scientist.Instead,in his second year at Oxford,he started to study English literature.After he graduated from Oxford,he began his career as a theatre actor.He also wrote poems at the time and went on his career as a school teacher.In 1940,William Golding took part in the Royal Navy because of the World War 2.The World War 2 influenced Golding in terms of humanity.His experiences during the war made him understand the wretched side of human beings.After the World War 2,William Golding kept on teaching and he began to write novels.His

Mary Jackson was born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A. She was a math genius and an aerospace engineer. most importantly she was the first African American female engineer to work and be the first flight engineers for NASA.

Most people don’t know the backstory of one of the first African American women to help the first space launch. Katherine Johnson was one of them. They were called computers because they were African American. She affected the greatest history event of all time.It is a pleasure for me to tell you about the impact Katherine Johnson made in our lives till this day.

During the Medieval time period that Canterbury Tales was written in, there was a general depiction of women that they weren’t even looked at as humans, but looked at as objects. Women were thought of as weak, untrustworthy, and even less intelligent beings than men. Chaucer did not necessarily agree with the general consensus of women during the time period. Now there are tales that go along with the general impression of women, but there are also signs that Chaucer looked at women for what they really are and he might have saw them as equal beings. Chaucer was a great mind and that mind was far past his time, as he went against the tide when he wrote and he was not afraid to write whatever came to his head. Canterbury tales can show us what women had to go through in medieval times, and through Chaucer’s tales we can see what he thought of how women were were perceived and treated.