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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. [1] [2] [a] While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel.
Columbia astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield salute President Ronald Reagan, standing beside his wife, Nancy, upon landing in 1982. Hartsfield served as backup pilot for STS-2 and STS-3, Columbia ' s second and third orbital flight tests. [8] [9]
The fourth and fifth panels show Ronald McNair, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, Guion Bluford, who in 1983 became the first African American in space, and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. Spencer Taylor and Solomon Thurman created the mural in 1990.
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts Lovely ... Guion Bluford. Gumdrop Meets Spider - GPN-2000-001100.
Guion Bluford, astronaut, first African-American in space Benjamin Bloom , educational psychologist; made contributions to the theory of mastery learning Lois Bloom , developmental psychologist and Edward Lee Thorndike Professor Emerita of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
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