No astronaut has reached the stars. Nor have any unmanned spacecraft reached them.
Guion Stewart Buford was the first African-American in space on August 30 1983
Mae Jemsion was the first African American who went into space.
Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to go into space when flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.
the first African American in space, was Guion S. Bluford Jr. , but he was not an astronaut. The first African -American astronaut was Robert H. Lawrence Jr. but he never made it into space, he was killed in a plane crash during a training flight.
Yes: Rakesh Sharma was a former Indian Air Force test pilot and became a cosmonaut. He became a cosmonaut only because he flew with the Russians, if he had flown with a European or American agency he would have been an astronaut.
He was the first African American to be the Harvard Law Review Editor.
Guion Bluford became the first African American astronaut to travel to space on August 30, 1983, as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Mae Jemsion was the first African American who went into space.
Former NASA astronaut Guion Bluford is 75 years old (birthdate: November 22, 1942). In 1983, he became the first African-American in space.
American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American astronaut to ride to space aboard a Russian launch vehicle.
Mae C Jemison is a famous American astronaut who became the first African American woman to go to space when she flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. She is also a physician and engineer, known for her groundbreaking achievements in space exploration.
Mae Jemison's dream was to become an astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
The only President of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis who was not an African American
Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to go into space when flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.
Former slaves who became important in the African American business and social world
Guion Bluford is an American aerospace engineer and former NASA astronaut. He became the first African American in space on August 30, 1983, as a member of the STS-8 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Bluford went on to fly on three more space shuttle missions during his career.
The South's African American population became the majority.
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