List of African-American astronauts
Traveled into space

List of African-American astronauts

Section Title: Traveled into space
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#	Image	Name Birth date	Note	Missions (launch date)	Sources

1	-	Guion Bluford November 22, 1942 United States	First African-American astronaut in space	STS-8 (August 30, 1983) STS-61-A (October 30, 1985) STS-39 (April 28, 1991) STS-53 (December 2, 1992)

2	-	Ronald McNair October 21, 1950 †January 28, 1986 United States	Died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster	STS-41-B (February 3, 1984) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)

3	-	Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941 United States	First African American to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission; acting Administrator of NASA, 2005	STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) STS-33 (November 22, 1989) STS-44 (November 24, 1991)

4	-	Charles Bolden August 19, 1946 United States	Administrator of NASA, July 17, 2009 – January 20, 2017	STS-61-C (January 12, 1986) STS-31 (April 24, 1990) STS-45 (March 24, 1992) STS-60 (February 3, 1994)

5	-	Mae Jemison October 17, 1956 United States	First African-American woman in space	STS-47 (September 12, 1992)

6	-	Bernard A. Harris Jr. June 26, 1956 United States	First African American to walk in space	STS-55 (April 26, 1993) STS-63 (February 3, 1995)

7	-	Winston E. Scott August 6, 1950 United States	Veteran of three spacewalks	STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-87 (November 19, 1997)

8	-	Robert Curbeam March 5, 1962 United States	Veteran of seven spacewalks	STS-85 (August 7, 1997) STS-98 (February 7, 2001) STS-116 (December 9, 2006)

9	-	Michael P. Anderson December 25, 1959 †February 1, 2003 United States	Died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster	STS-89 (January 22, 1998) STS-107 (January 16, 2003)

10	-	Stephanie Wilson September 27, 1966 United States	STS-121 (July 4, 2006) STS-120 (October 23, 2007) STS-131 (April 5, 2010)

11	-	Joan Higginbotham August 3, 1964 United States	STS-116 (December 9, 2006)

12	-	Alvin Drew November 5, 1962 United States	Veteran of two spacewalks, February 28 and March 2, 2011	STS-118 (August 8, 2007) STS-133 (February 24, 2011)

13	-	Leland D. Melvin February 15, 1964 United States	Associate Administrator for Education at NASA	STS-122 (February 7, 2008) STS-129 (November 16, 2009)

14	-	Robert Satcher September 22, 1965 United States	EVA November 19 and November 23, 2009	STS-129 (November 16, 2009)

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Alvin Drew is an African-American astronaut to fly on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.
STS-133, Alvin Drew was the African-American astronaut to fly on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.
Alvin Drew was an African-American astronaut that flew on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.

final_sentence: Alvin Drew is an African-American astronaut to fly on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.
final_sentence: STS-133, Alvin Drew was the African-American astronaut to fly on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.
final_sentence: Alvin Drew was an African-American astronaut that flew on the STS-133 Space Shuttle.