she is the first african american to go into space
The first African American man in space was Guion Bluford. his first flight was in 1983.guion "guy" bluford was the first African American to go into space; however, the first black man to go into space as quoted by Wikipedia:Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit. He was also the first Hispanophone and first Black person in space
She was the first black woman to go to space.
She actually did 6 jobs and was the first African American women ever to go into space.
Mae c Jamison was the 1st female African American to go up to space
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
first american to go into space
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.
The first African American to go into space was Guion Bluford, who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on August 30, 1983. Bluford's mission made him the first African American astronaut to travel to space.
she is important to Chicago because she was the first person to go to space Acually No She was not the first person to go to space she was the 4th African American to enter space but the first FEMALE African American to enter space...
The first Americans went into space in 1961. Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut to travel to space aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961.
The first American spacecraft to go into space and orbit the Earth was the Mercury spacecraft named "Friendship 7", which was piloted by John Glenn on February 20, 1962.
Mae Jemison went to space in 1992 as part of the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-47. She became the first African American woman to travel to space.
Guion Bluford
The first African American to go into space was Guion Bluford, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 as a mission specialist.