Guion Bluford is an American aerospace engineer, United States Air Force veteran and former NASA astronaut who became the first African American to fly in space, aboard a Space Shuttle Challenger mission in August 1983. He flew a total of four Shuttle missions during his career, one of the most experienced astronauts of the early Shuttle program, before retiring from NASA to work in the aerospace and engineering industry.
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Notable Mission Dating
Selection Year In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Guion Bluford (Wikipedia)
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Infobox, birth_date
1942-11-22
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born November 22, 1942
Wikidata, P27 country of citizenship
United States
STS-8
Bluford's first mission was STS-8
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