Guion Bluford was a Reserve Officer of the U.S. Air Force. He served in the Vietnam War as an officer of the United States Air Force. Later, he obtained a Masters and PhD in Aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. In 1983, he became the first African American to travel to space.
Mae Jamison was the first black female astronaut, and she is still alive. She was born in 1956.
Colonel Guion Bluford was the first black astronaut to orbit the earth; this occurred in 1983. The first black female astronaut was Dr. Mae Jemison, in 1992.
Guion Bluford was married to Linda Tull
Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to go into space when flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.
the first African American in space, was Guion S. Bluford Jr. , but he was not an astronaut. The first African -American astronaut was Robert H. Lawrence Jr. but he never made it into space, he was killed in a plane crash during a training flight.
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He is a retired NASA astronaut.
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.
he achieved being the first African American astronaut in nasa
Robert H. Lawrence Jr. was the 1st black astronaut, but Guion Guy Bluford was the astronaut in space. Hope that answers your question!
Former NASA astronaut Guion Bluford is 75 years old (birthdate: November 22, 1942). In 1983, he became the first African-American in space.
Mae Jamison was the first black female astronaut, and she is still alive. She was born in 1956.
Colonel Guion Bluford was the first black astronaut to orbit the earth; this occurred in 1983. The first black female astronaut was Dr. Mae Jemison, in 1992.
The first black astronaut was Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. His space missions were STS-8, STS-61-A , STS-39, and STS-53 from 1983 until 1992.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was chosen as an astronaut in 1967, but died in an automobile accident before he had the chance to go into space. The first African-American astronaut who did get into space was Colonel Guion Bluford in 1983. The first black woman astronaut was Dr. Mae Jemison, in 1992.
Guion Bluford's birth name is Guion Bluford, Jr..