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Guy Bluford, American Astronaut

Guion Stewart "Guy" Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an engineer, and retired NASA astronaut. He attended pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, and received his pilot wings in 1966. During the Vietnam War he flew 144 combat missions, 65 over North Vietnam. In 1972, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology residency school. Upon graduating with his master's degree, he was assigned to the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, as a staff development engineer. He was chosen to become a NASA astronaut in 1979. His technical assignments have included working with Space Station operations, the Remote Manipulator System, Spacelab systems and experiments, Space Shuttle systems, payload safety issues and verifying flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and in the Flight Systems Laboratory. He was a mission specialist on STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, and STS-53 (between 1983 and 1992). In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Challenger on the mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African-American in space. With the completion of his fourth flight, he has logged over 688 hours in space. He left NASA in 1993. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed him on his list of 100 Greatest African- Americans.
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Guy Bluford, American Astronaut
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Guion Stewart "Guy" Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an engineer, and retired NASA astronaut. He attended pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, and received his pilot wings in 1966. During the Vietnam War he flew 144 combat missions, 65 over North Vietnam. In 1972, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology residency school. Upon graduating with his master's degree, he was assigned to the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, as a staff development engineer. He was chosen to become a NASA astronaut in 1979. His technical assignments have included working with Space Station operations, the Remote Manipulator System, Spacelab systems and experiments, Space Shuttle systems, payload safety issues and verifying flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and in the Flight Systems Laboratory. He was a mission specialist on STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, and STS-53 (between 1983 and 1992). In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Challenger on the mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African-American in space. With the completion of his fourth flight, he has logged over 688 hours in space. He left NASA in 1993. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed him on his list of 100 Greatest African- Americans.
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