Today we're sending the first black person & the first woman to the moon.

But I know that Dr. Mae Jemison was the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison

Also, Jemison became the first real-life astronaut to appear on #StarTrek
Here's Jemison as Lt. Palmer in #StarTrekTNG episode Second Chances talking to Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, outside the set.
#Artemis #Artemis2

@spocko But not first black person. The first person of African descent to fly into space was Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, a Cuban, way back in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo_Tamayo_M%C3%A9ndez

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez - Wikipedia

@Infoseepage @spocko I think that's why they specified *to the moon*. Otherwise you're not wrong.