First Black Man In Space
Air force officer and fighter pilot and former nasa astronaut who is the first african american and the second person of african descent to go to space.
First black man in space. He participated in four space shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. Before becoming an astronaut he was an officer in the u s. Mandla maseko is one of 23 people who won a seat on an hour long sub orbital trip in 2015.
Visit business insider s homepage for more stories. Ultimately guion bluford who flew on the eighth space shuttle mission in 1983 was the first black nasa astronaut to reach orbit. Guy bluford became the first african american in space on aug.
A 25 year old dj from a south african township is set to become the first black african to go into space. Bluford becomes the first african american to travel into space when the space shuttle challenger lifts off on its third mission. Air force lieutenant colonel guion s.
Johannesburg mandla maseko a south african man who had won the opportunity to become the first black african to go into space has died in a motorcycle crash. It was the first night. Air force where he remained while assigned to nasa rising to the rank of colonel.
Is an american aerospace engineer retired u s. Guion stewart bluford jr.