List of African-American astronauts, the Glossary
African-American astronauts are Americans of African descent who have been part of an astronaut program, whether or not they have traveled into space.[1]
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75 relations: Administrator of NASA, African Americans, Afro–Latin Americans, Alvin Drew, Americans, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Astronaut, Baháʼí Faith, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Blue Origin NS-21, Blue Origin NS-25, Charles Bolden, Ed Dwight, Extravehicular activity, Frederick D. Gregory, Guion Bluford, Inspiration4, Jeanette Epps, Jessica Watkins, Joan Higginbotham, Leland D. Melvin, List of African-American astronauts, Livingston L. Holder Jr., Mae Jemison, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program, Michael P. Anderson, Robert Curbeam, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Robert Satcher, Ronald McNair, Sian Proctor, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, SpaceX Crew-1, SpaceX Crew-4, SpaceX Crew-8, Stephanie Wilson, STS-107, STS-116, STS-118, STS-120, STS-121, STS-122, STS-129, STS-131, STS-133, STS-31, STS-33, STS-39, ... Expand index (25 more) »
Administrator of NASA
The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the highest-ranking official of NASA, the national space agency of the United States.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Afro–Latin Americans
Afro–Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans (sometimes Afro-Latinos) are Latin Americans of full or mainly sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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Alvin Drew
Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr. (born November 5, 1962) is a United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut.
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Americans
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
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.
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Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον, meaning 'star', and ναύτης, meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
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Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
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Bernard A. Harris Jr.
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut.
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Blue Origin NS-21
Blue Origin NS-21 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which launched on 4 June 2022 using the New Shepard rocket.
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Blue Origin NS-25
Blue Origin NS-25 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which was launched on 19 May 2024 using the New Shepard rocket.
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Charles Bolden
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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Ed Dwight
Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, former test pilot, and astronaut.
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Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft.
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Frederick D. Gregory
Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator.
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Guion Bluford
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.
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Inspiration4
Inspiration4 (stylized as Inspirati④n) was a 2021 human spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman.
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Jeanette Epps
Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.
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Jessica Watkins
Jessica Andrea Watkins (born May 14, 1988) is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut and former international rugby player. List of African-American astronauts and Jessica Watkins are American astronauts.
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Joan Higginbotham
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (born August 3, 1964) is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut.
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Leland D. Melvin
Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. List of African-American astronauts and Leland D. Melvin are American astronauts.
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List of African-American astronauts
African-American astronauts are Americans of African descent who have been part of an astronaut program, whether or not they have traveled into space. List of African-American astronauts and List of African-American astronauts are American astronauts, Lists of African-American people and Lists of astronauts.
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Livingston L. Holder Jr.
Livingston L. Holder Jr. (born 29 September 1956) is a former USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. List of African-American astronauts and Livingston L. Holder Jr. are American astronauts.
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Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) was part of the United States Air Force (USAF) human spaceflight program in the 1960s.
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Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program
The Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program was an effort by the United States Air Force to train American military personnel as payload specialists for United States Department of Defense missions on the Space Shuttle program.
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Michael P. Anderson
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut.
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Robert Curbeam
Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy.
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Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (October 2, 1935 – December 8, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut. List of African-American astronauts and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. are American astronauts.
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Robert Satcher
Robert Lee "Bobby" Satcher Jr. (born September 22, 1965) is an American orthopedic surgeon, chemical engineer, and former NASA astronaut.
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Ronald McNair
Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist.
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Sian Proctor
Sian Hayley "Leo" Proctor (28 March 1970, Hagåtña, Guam) is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. List of African-American astronauts and Sian Proctor are American astronauts.
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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SpaceX Crew-1
SpaceX Crew-1 (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) was the first operational crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon ''Resilience'' spacecraft.
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SpaceX Crew-4
SpaceX Crew-4 was the Crew Dragon's fourth NASA Commercial Crew operational flight, and its seventh overall crewed orbital flight.
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SpaceX Crew-8
SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966)Laura Woodmansee, ed. List of African-American astronauts and Stephanie Wilson are American astronauts.
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STS-107
STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.
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STS-116
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''.
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STS-118
STS-118 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by the orbiter Endeavour.
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STS-120
STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on October 23, 2007, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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STS-121
STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by.
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STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the.
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STS-129
STS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS-131
STS-131 (ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS-133
STS-133 (ISS assembly flight ULF5) was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' docked with the International Space Station.
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STS-31
STS-31 was the 35th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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STS-33
STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
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STS-39
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall.
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STS-41-B
STS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the.
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STS-44
STS-44 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on November 24, 1991.
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STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the.
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STS-47
STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.
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STS-51-B
STS-51-B was the 17th flight of the NASA Space Shuttle program and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
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STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
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STS-53
STS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
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STS-55
STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia.
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STS-60
STS-60 was the first mission of the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried Sergei K. Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle.
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STS-61-A
STS-61-A (also known as Spacelab D-1) was the 22nd mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.
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STS-63
STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir.
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STS-72
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU).
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STS-8
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
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STS-85
STS-85 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform multiple space science packages.
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STS-87
STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997.
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STS-89
STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.
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STS-98
STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''.
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Thomas J. Hennen
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas John Hennen (born August 17, 1952) is a United States Army warrant officer and NASA payload specialist astronaut who flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-44 as a payload specialist.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Department of the Army
The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is organized, and it is led by the secretary of the Army, who has statutory authority under 10 United States Code § 7013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the secretary of defense and the president.
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Victor J. Glover
Victor Jerome Glover (born April 30, 1976) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. List of African-American astronauts and Victor J. Glover are American astronauts.
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Winston E. Scott
Winston Elliott "Win" Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut.
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Yvonne Cagle
Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American physician, professor, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, and NASA astronaut. List of African-American astronauts and Yvonne Cagle are American astronauts.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_astronauts
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