Edward White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965.
In 1961 the first American in space was Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
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 is the first african american to go into 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
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
Alan Shepard was the first and second American to go to outer space.
On May 5, 1961; The Freedom 7 rocket blasted off carrying the first American into space.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
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Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in 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 second American to fly into space was Gus Grissom. He was also the first American to make a second trip into space.
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John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
Guion Bluford
Guion Bluford