List of African-American astronauts

African-American astronauts who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

#	Image	Name Birth date	Comment	Missions (Launch date)
1		Guion Bluford November 22, 1942	First African-American astronaut in space	STS-8 (August 30, 1983) STS-61-A (October 30, 1985) STS-39 (April 28, 1991) STS-53 (December 2, 1992)
2		Ronald McNair October 21, 1950 †January 28, 1986	Killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster	STS-41-B (February 3, 1984) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
3		Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941	First African-American to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission Acting Administrator of NASA, 2005	STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) STS-33 (November 22, 1989) STS-44 (November 24, 1991)
4		Charles F. Bolden, Jr. August 19, 1946	Administrator of NASA, July 17, 2009 - present	STS-61-C (January 12, 1986) STS-31 (April 24, 1990) STS-45 (March 24, 1992) STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
5		Mae Jemison October 17, 1956	First African-American woman in space	STS-47 (September 12, 1992)
6		Bernard A. Harris, Jr. July 18, 1953	First African-American to walk in space	STS-55 (April 26, 1993) STS-63 (February 3, 1995)
7		Winston E. Scott August 6, 1950	Veteran of 3 spacewalks	STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-87 (November 19, 1997)
8		Robert Curbeam March 5, 1962	Veteran of 7 spacewalks	STS-85 (August 7, 1997) STS-98 (February 7, 2001) STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
9		Michael Phillip Anderson December 25, 1959 †February 1, 2003	Killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster	STS-89 (January 22, 1998) STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
10		Stephanie Wilson September 27, 1966		STS-121 (July 4, 2006) STS-120 (October 23, 2007) STS-131 (April 5, 2010)
11		Joan Higginbotham August 3, 1964		STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
12		B. Alvin Drew November 5, 1962	EVA Feb. 28, 2011	STS-118 (August 8, 2007) STS-133 (February 24, 2011)
13		Leland D. Melvin February 15, 1964	Associate Administrator for Education at NASA	STS-122 (February 7, 2008) STS-129 (November 16, 2009)
14		Robert Satcher September 22, 1965	EVA November 19 and November 23, 2009	STS-129 (November 16, 2009)

African-American astronauts who have not traveled into space.

Image	Name Birth date	Comment
	Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. October 2, 1935 †December 8, 1967	First African-American selected for astronaut training (1967) for the MOL program. Died in an aircraft accident.
	Livingston Holder September 29, 1956	USAF Astronaut
	Michael E. Belt September 9, 1957	Astronaut
	Yvonne Cagle April 24, 1959	Astronaut
	Jeanette J. Epps Nov. 2, 1970	Astronaut