Guion Bluford
Astronaut
1942 –
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Who is Guion Bluford?
Dr. Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr., 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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- Born
- Nov 22, 1942
Philadelphia - Parents
- Spouses
- Linda Tull
(1964 - )
- Linda Tull
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Overbrook High School
( - 1960) - Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University
Aerospace Engineering
( - 1964) - Master of Science, Air Force Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering
( - 1974) - MBA, University of Houston–Clear Lake
( - 1987) - Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Overbrook High School
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
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on July 23, 2013
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