STEM – Astronauts
Leland Devon Melvin (1964- )
Leland Melvin is a former NFL player, chemist, and retired NASA astronaut. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on February...
Ed Dwight (1933- )
Ed Dwight, the first African American astronaut candidate, IBM computer systems engineer, real estate developer, professional sculptor, and former Air...
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (1964- )
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham was the third African American woman to go into space. Higginbotham was born on August 3, 1964 in...
Stephanie Diana Wilson (1966- )
Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American NASA astronaut, engineer, and is the second African American woman to go into space,...
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942- )
Brigadier General Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, a Cuban of African descent, was the first black astronaut in space. Tamayo Méndez was...
Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986)
Ronald Erwin McNair was a physicist and one of the first African American astronauts to go into space. He was...
Michael P. Anderson (1959-2003)
Michael P. Anderson, a former Spokane, Washington resident, was one of seven astronauts who died when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated...
Guion (Guy) Stewart Bluford Jr. (1942- )
Guy Bluford, a member of the SDS-8 space shuttle Challenger crew in 1983, was the first African American in space....
Frederick Drew Gregory (1941- )
Frederick Drew Gregory was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, administrator, and the first black man to command...
