<page_title> List of African-American astronauts </page_title> <section_title> Never traveled into space </section_title> <table> <cell> Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. October 2, 1935 †December 8, 1967 United States <col_header> Name Birth date </col_header> </cell> <cell> First African-American astronaut; selected for astronaut training in 1967 for the MOL program; died in an aircraft accident <col_header> Note </col_header> </cell> </table>
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was an astronaut in the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) program.