Dr. Sian Proctor made history last month when she piloted the first all-civilian mission into orbit. Proctor was the captain of the historical SpaceX spacecraft that orbited the Earth for three days in the world’s first-ever all-civilian mission to space.
Proctor’s family says she has always loved science and space. They were overjoyed to watch her become a part of history when the Crew Dragon took flight in mission Inspiration4 on September 15.
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“Being able to see it live, we were all just screaming last night and from my understanding, it was a textbook launch. It’s amazing,” Proctor’s sister Robyn Selent told Fox 8.
The 51-year-old geoscientist, community college professor and artist made history as the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft and only the fourth Black American woman to go to venture out to space. It’s a field that might’ve been passed down as the Guam native’s father was part of a very important team that tracked the Apollo 11 as it returned to earth.
“The astronauts made a trip to Guam to thank the people at the tracking station and my dad was one of the very few people and only one of two there that got Neil Armstrong’s autograph,” Robyn said. “That went up in space with my sister.”
Source: Meet Dr. Sian Proctor, The First Black Woman to Pilot A Spacecraft
