Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot...
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commander; Steven R. Nagel, pilot; Bonnie J. Dunbar, James F. Buchli and Guion S. Bluford, mission specialists; and Ernst Messerschmid and Reinhard Furrer of...
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Bluford may refer to: Surnamed Ferdinand D. Bluford (1882-1955) U.S. educator Guion Bluford (born 1942), U.S. astronaut Lucile Bluford (1911-2003) U.S...
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inner-city high school of Bluford High in Southern California. Bluford is named for Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first African-American astronaut. The series was created...
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Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut, Guion Bluford. The mission successfully achieved all of its planned research objectives...
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by NASA, the first African-American astronaut candidate, predating Guion Bluford, Ronald McNair and Frederick Gregory by nine years. Peterson transferred...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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the Multi-Purpose Experiment Canister (MPEC) was listed as classified. (Bluford reportedly launched the classified payload by himself while, according...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Three were Black (Guion Bluford, Ronald McNair and Dr. Frederick D. Gregory). Mae Jemison, the first...
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Commander), Daniel Brandenstein (Pilot), and fellow Mission Specialists Guion Bluford and William Thornton. This was the third flight of the Orbiter Challenger...
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Astronauts Richard H. Truly and Guion Bluford sleeping on board the Challenger. Bluford, in the foreground (upside-down) wears a sleep mask. Astronauts...
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Space Operations Center, Falcon Air Force Station, Colorado. Astronaut Guion Bluford, who had flown on board the Challenger on two previous missions, and...
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Rawls was posthumously inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Guion Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, brought the Lou Rawls album When...
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minutes, 59 seconds 3 August 30, 1983 STS-8 LC-39A Edwards Air Force Base Guion Bluford becomes first African-American in space. First shuttle night launch...
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Guion is a given name and surname. Guion Bluford (born 1942), American aerospace engineer Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian Connie...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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Guion Bluford, joint 125th person and the first African American in space...
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Bio: Guion S. Bluford, Jr" (PDF). NASA. May 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2020. Campion, Ed; Schwartz, Barbara (June 15, 1993). "Astronaut Bluford Leaves...
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first American female astronaut, and United States Air Force Colonel Guion Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, as well as Dr. Judith Resnik...
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violinist; minister Bill Bloom, songwriter/musician; Interfaith Minister Guion Bluford, space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space Solomon Burke...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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four-star General: Roscoe Robinson Jr. First African-American astronaut: Guion Bluford (Challenger mission STS-8). First African-American mayor of Chicago:...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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Long was African-American, with a blue suit (almost two decades before Guion Bluford became the first American black man to orbit the Earth). Mason figures...
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(26,150 lb) Crew Crew size 5 Members David M. Walker Robert D. Cabana Guion Bluford Michael R. Clifford James S. Voss Start of mission Launch date December...
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Images Names & Birth dates Notes Missions & launch dates Sources 1 Guion Bluford November 22, 1942 First African-American astronaut in space STS-8 (August...
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Butagira, Ugandan ambassador Dick Stockton, American sports announcer Guion Bluford, African-American astronaut November 23 – Susan Anspach, American actress...
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Shaw Loren Shriver David Walker Donald Williams Mission specialists Guion Bluford James Buchli John Fabian Anna Fisher Dale Gardner Terry Hart Steven...
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