Birthdate: November 22, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is an accomplished American aerospace engineer, retired USAF officer, and former NASA astronaut. He made history as the first African American to travel to space, achieving this milestone on the Space Shuttle Challenger’s mission STS-8 in 1983. Bluford reached the rank of colonel in the USAF during his time at NASA and went on to participate in a total of four Space Shuttle flights from 1983 to 1992, leaving a lasting legacy in the field of space exploration.
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