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

First African-American astronaut to travel into space (male)
Who
Guion Bluford Jr.
What
First first
Where
United States ()
When

The first African-American astronaut to travel into space (male) is Guion Bluford Jr. (USA) who achieved this feat on 30 August 1983.


Guion "Guy" Bluford was a Mission Specialist for the third Challenger mission. Throughout his career with NASA, he logged over 688 hours in orbit.