Sian Proctor

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Mar 28, 1970 (55 years old)

Sian Proctor

Known For

Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space
TV Show 2021

Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space

From training to launch to landing, this all-access docuseries rides along with the Inspiration4 crew on the first all-civilian orbital space mission.

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Biography

Sian Proctor is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, and science communicator. She became the first African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft during the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. Proctor is also known for her work in science education, her role as a U.S. Science Envoy, and her contributions as an Afrofuturist artist and poet.