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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space.
First Baháʼí in space; died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: STS-41-B (February 3, 1984) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) [2] 3 Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941 First African American to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission; acting Administrator of NASA, 2005 STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) STS-33 (November 22, 1989) STS-44 (November ...
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. [1] [2] In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen, the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United ...
The brief flight makes Dwight the new record-holder for oldest person in space. VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally rocketed into space 60 years later ...
NASA didn’t select Black astronauts until 1978, and Guion Bluford became the first African American in space in 1983. Three years earlier, the Soviets launched the first Black astronaut, Arnaldo ...
“The Space Race,” a National Geographic documentary, debuts next week, shining a light on Black people in America’s space program, including this man from Kansas City, Kansas.
Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, [1] [2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). [3] Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
In June 1967, Lawrence successfully completed the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (Class 66B) at Edwards AFB, California.The same month, he was selected by the USAF as an astronaut in the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) program, thus becoming the country's first black astronaut.