Victor Glover, Jr., is not the first Black astronaut. A number of African American astronauts preceded him, including Guion Bluford, the first African American man in space (1983), and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space (1992). However, Glover did make history as the first Black astronaut to travel around the Moon. He was a crew member of Artemis II (April 1–10, 2026), the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.
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