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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. [1] [2] [a] While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel.
Guion "Guy" Bluford, Junior (born November 22, 1942) is a retired Colonel, from the United States Air Force and a former NASA Astronaut. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8, Bluford became
RONALD E. MCNAIR GUION S. BLUFORD FREDERICK D. GREGORY. Date: 16 May 1978: Source: NASA file photo 78-HC-172: Author: NASA: Permission (Reusing this file) PD-NASA ...
Astronauts who were born in 47 states, Guam, and the District of Columbia have flown in space. ... Philadelphia: Guion Bluford, first African-American in space ...
Guion Bluford (born 1942), U.S. astronaut; Lucile Bluford (1911-2003) U.S. journalist; Terry Bluford Moore (1912-1995) U.S. baseball player; Albert Bluford Walker (1926-1992) U.S. baseball player; Floyd Bluford Henry III (born 1968) U.S. baseball player; with this given name. Bluford Duck (1858-1895) Old West outlaw; Bluford Wilson (1841-1924 ...
1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut [31] 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer ... 2020 – Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (b. 1924) [304]
Guion S. Bluford at the time was already the first African-American in space, having previously flown on STS-8. With STS-61-A he became the first African-American to fly in space twice. [6] He would later go on to fly on STS-39 in 1991 and on STS-53 in 1992. Bluford was a member of the U.S. astronaut class of 1978. [6]
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