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Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
First African American female Spacecraft Pilot, as part of Inspiration4. First African American commercial Astronaut. Inspiration4 (September 16, 2021) 17 Michael Strahan November 21, 1971 First African American space tourist Blue Origin NS-19 (December 11, 2021) 18 Jessica Watkins May 14, 1988
Jessica Andrea Watkins (born May 14, 1988) is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut and former international rugby player. Watkins was announced as the first Black woman who completed an International Space Station long-term mission in April 2022.
NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly as early as next ...
She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. She currently serves as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and has completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES.
Sian Hayley "Leo" Proctor (28 March 1970, Hagåtña, Guam) is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator.She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021.
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) [1] is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut.She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison.
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (born August 3, 1964) is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist [2] and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson. [2]