Black Astronauts

2. first Black commander of a space shuttle in Nov 1989
4. third african american woman to go in space
8. first Cuban, first Latin American and first of Black heritage to fly in space
12. NFL player who made his first spaceflight in Feb 2008
13. the first and only Black astronaut to visit the Russian orbital facility
15. first Black woman pilot in space in Sept 2021

1. the first Black woman to join a long-duration on the Crew 4 mission 2022
3. Died on the 1986 Challenger Mission that also included the 1st teacher
5. first Black astronaut to join a long-duration expedition crew aboard the space station
6. the most flown-in-space african american female
7. logged more than 680 hours of spaceflight time during 4 trips; Obama made him a NASA administrator
9. first orthopedic surgeon in space
10. physicist and aeronautical engineer who made 2 trips into space in 2007, 2011;currently a liaison for NASA & the DOD
11. physician, 1 of 6 to complete 44 life science & materials science experiments
14. tested tools/techniques to use during the the assembly of the space station 1996