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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. 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. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer 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 black person in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.

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1942  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Guion S. Bluford Jr., Guion Stewart Bluford, Guy Bluford, Jr.
military officer, astronaut, military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, National Aviation Hall of Fame, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Air Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, International Space Hall of Fame, 

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  STS-8 ⓘ
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  STS-61-A ⓘ
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  STS-39 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-53 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

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1942 Guion Bluford

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

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1983-08-30T00:00:00Z

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1983 STS-8

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1985 STS-61-A

1991-04-28T00:00:00Z

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1991 STS-39

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1992-12-02T00:00:00Z

1992 STS-53

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Guy bluford crop

Messerschmid untersuchung hires

Bluford PSU

S08-01-030 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford exercises on middeck treadmill - DPLA - fbacba22e718702dab155e2ab0c7c83d

Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529)

NASA eighth group Astronaut Group photograph

Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)

Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)

Guion Bluford in entry suit

Guion Bluford in entry suit

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	spaceflight	1983	STS-8	Dale Gardner, Daniel Brandenstein, Guion Bluford, Richard H. Truly, William E. Thornton, human spaceflight	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	1985	STS-61-A	Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ernst Messerschmid, Guion Bluford, Henry Hartsfield, James Buchli, Reinhard Furrer, Steven R. Nagel, Wubbo Ockels, human spaceflight	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	1991	STS-39	Charles L. Veach, Donald R. McMonagle, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Guion Bluford, L. Blaine Hammond, Michael Coats, Richard Hieb, human spaceflight	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	1992	STS-53	David M. Walker, Guion Bluford, James S. Voss, Michael R. Clifford, Robert D. Cabana, human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Guy bluford crop		Commons
commons	image		Messerschmid untersuchung hires		Commons
commons	image		Bluford PSU		Commons
commons	image		S08-01-030 - STS-008 - Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford exercises on middeck treadmill - DPLA - fbacba22e718702dab155e2ab0c7c83d		Commons
commons	image		Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529)		Commons
commons	image		NASA eighth group Astronaut Group photograph		Commons
commons	image		Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)		Commons
commons	image		Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)		Commons
commons	image		Guion Bluford in entry suit		Commons
commons	image		Guion Bluford in entry suit		Commons