Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut to travel to space. In 1978, Guion Stewart Bluford was selected as an astronaut candidate.
Katherine Johnson officially began working as mathematician in 1953 alongside other women like Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan in the NACA West Computing department. After
In 1951, Mary Jackson was recruited by NACA and worked as a human computer. In 1953, Mary began working for a NASA engineer named Kazimierz
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is an engineer, physician and former astronaut. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in chemical engineering and later earned
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On July 4, 2006, aerospace engineer Stephanie D. Wilson made her first journey into space on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery. This was about 14
Dorothy and her co-workers, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson, worked together in the NACA West Computing department. Dorothy received a promotion in 1949, becoming the
Physicist Ronald E. McNair became the second African American to enter space. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He
