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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. [1] [2] [a] While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel.
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)
Years of service. 1953–1966. Rank. Captain. Website. Official website. Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, former test pilot, and astronaut. He is the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts.
Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, pictured in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra)
The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. In September 1961, Edward R. Murrow, then Director of the U.S. Information Agency, wrote to NASA administrator James Webb.
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 ...
4h 39m. Missions. STS-55. STS-63. Mission insignia. Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights.
The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. When the Aerospace Research Pilot School was established that November, the White House urged the Air Force to select a Black officer.