Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez in 1980
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The first black person to go into space was Guion Bluford, who became an astronaut in 1978 and made his first spaceflight aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983.
" Guion "Guy" Bluford became the first black person to go into space. He was on the Space Shuttle Challenger's STS 8 mission, launched on August 30, 1983. The first black woman was Mae Jemison. " Guion "Guy" Bluford was NOT the 1st Black Person in space, he WAS the 1st African-American. In 1980, the 1st Black person in space was Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, a Cuban. no the first African American to go into space was guion bluford like the first person said
The first black person to travel to outer space was Guion Bluford, who flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983.
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Mae Jemison was the first black woman to go to space. She flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992 as a mission specialist on mission STS-47.
The last person to go into space alone was Yi So-yeon, a South Korean astronaut who flew to the International Space Station in 2008. She became the first Korean to travel to space and the first to do so alone.