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Victor Glover Is About to Become the First Black Astronaut to Fly Around the Moon

The Artemis II pilot is about to make history as the first Black astronaut to travel beyond Earth's orbit. Not in the future. Right now.
04/01/2026

Victor Glover Becomes First Black Astronaut To Embark On Long Term Stay At International Space Station

He is one of only a few Blacks who have been to space.
11/17/2020
Blast Off: A Look at Blacks Who Made History in Outer Space - After entering the Lynx Apollo Space Academy competition, South African Mandla Maseko, 25, was one of 23 people selected to be blasted 62 miles up on a sub-orbital flight aboard a Lynx Mark II shuttle in 2015. He will be the first Black African to go to space. Keep reading to check out other Blacks who made out-of-this-world history. — Dominique Zonyéé (@DominiqueZonyee)   (Photo: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

Blast Off: A Look at Blacks Who Made History in Outer Space

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Victor J. Glover (U.S. Navy)

6 Facts About New NASA Astronaut Victor J. Glover

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This Day in Black History: March 30, 1962

Edward Dwight Jr. became first Black astronaut trainee.
03/30/2013
Mae Carol Jemison, M.D. - Dr. Jemison has a background in engineering and medical research. She was the first African-American female astronaut in Space. Her technical assignments at NASA include launch support activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and she was also the science mission specialist on a mission between the United States and Japan in 1992.

A Black Female Astronaut's Mission

NASA trailblazer talks about filling the science pipeline.
06/25/2012