First African-American astronaut to travel into space (female)

First African-American astronaut to travel into space (female)
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Who
Mae Jemison
What
First
Where
United States
When
12 September 1992

The first African-American astronaut to travel into space (female) is Mae Jemison (USA) who reached outer space during the STS-47 mission on 12 September 1992.

Mae logged 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space and orbited the earth 127 times during her record breaking mission.