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Guion Bluford was a 20th century American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. He was a crewmember on STS-39. In 2143, the assignment patch for this mission was on display in the 602 Club. This patch bore the astronaut's last name. (ENT: "First Flight")

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  • Guion Bluford was a 20th century American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. He was a crewmember on STS-39. In 2143, the assignment patch for this mission was on display in the 602 Club. This patch bore the astronaut's last name. (ENT: "First Flight")
  • Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., Ph.D. (born November 22, 1942), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who was the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he remained while assigned to NASA, rising to the rank of Colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
  • Dr. Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. 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 the mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
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  • Challenger - STS-61A
  • Challenger - STS-8
  • Discovery - STS-39
  • Discovery - STS-53
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  • 1942-11-12(xsd:date)
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  • 1942-11-22(xsd:date)
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  • Retired
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  • Guion Bluford, Jr.
  • Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
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  • Guion Bluford in October 1992
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  • Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr.
Alma mater
  • AFIT, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1978
  • Penn State, B.S. 1964
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