How many black people have been in space?
14. Ronald McNair blew up in the challenger.
Here’s the list of all blacks who have flown in space along with the flights they flew on:
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Soyuz 38 First person of African ancestry in space (yet is not American by US standards)
Guion Bluford STS-8 STS-61-A STS-39 STS-53 First African-American astronaut in space
Ronald McNair STS-41-B STS-51-L Died on the Challenger
Frederick D. Gregory STS-51-B Ssts-33 STS-44
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. STS-61C STS-31 STS-45 STS-60 Current NASA Administrator
Mae Jemison STS-47 First African-American woman in space
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. STS-55 STS-63 First African-American to walk in space
Winston E. Scott STS-72 STS-87 Veteran of 3 spacewalks
Robert Curbeam STS-85 STS-98 STS-116 Veteran of 7 spacewalks
Michael Phillip Anderson STS-89 STS-107 Died on the Columbia
Stephanie Wilson STS-121 STS-120 Scheduled to fly on STS-131
Joan Higginbotham STS-116
B. Alvin Drew STS-118
Leland D. Melvin STS-122 STS-129 Was in the training camps of the Detroit lions and Dallas Cowboys
Robert Satcher STS-129 EVA November 19 and November 23, 2009