Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
The first Asian to go into space was Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-114 mission in 2005. However, prior to Noguchi, the first Asian to reach space was the Indian pilot Rakesh Sharma, who flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984.
who was the first African American to travel in space
The name of the first American satellite in space was called Explorer 1.
The first African American to travel in the space was Guion Bluford. He was however the second from African ancestry to travel in the space.
Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut. She flew into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, becoming the first African-American woman to travel to space.
the first Asian come to America came in 1843
Kalpana Chawla
who was the first African American to travel in space
The first American in space was Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Hasn't happened yet .
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first american to enter space
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
He was a Vietnamese guy named Pham Tuan.
The first Native-American in space was John Herrington. The first American originally from India in space was Kalpana Chawla.
The first American to walk in space was edward. H. White.
Edward White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965.