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Former Astronaut Guion Bluford Guy Bluford, NASA's first Black astronaut to go to space, flew on four shuttle missions over his NASA career: STS-8, STS-61A, STS-39, and STS-53.
  S78-35290 (31 Jan. 1978) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist.Astronaut Guion Bluford in his blue astronaut jumpsuit with a model of the space shuttle and NASA's flag in the background.
 On January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the first African Americans.Ron McNair, guy Bluford and Fred Gregory
 S78-26481 (January 1978) --- This is a montage of the individual portraits of the 35-member 1978 class of astronaut candidates....
 S83-33032 (23 May 1983) --- Astronauts Guion S. Bluford, right, and Daniel C. Brandenstein man their respective Challenger entry and...Guy Bluford and his STS-8 crewmembers train for their flight in a simulator.
 S79-28602 (2 March 1979) --- Astronaut candidate Guion S. Bluford and Aviation Safety Officer Charles F. Hayes got a unique...
 S83-36612 (13 July 1983) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, thinks over a question directed to him by...
 S83-37627 (26 July 1983) --- Dr. William E. Thornton, right, and Guion S. Bluford both mission specialists for STS-8, demonstrate...
 S83-30608 (29 April 1983) --- The night launch of the space shuttle Challenger heading toward its third Earth-orbital mission is...The mission patch for the STS-8 Mission.
 These five astronauts were the crew members for STS-8, Challenger. Richard M. Truly, center, was the crew commander. Daniel C....STS-8 Crew
 S83-38479 (16 Aug 1983) --- STS-8 crew poses at pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during a session with...The 5-man crew of STS-8 poses in front of the Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center
 S83-39237 (6 Aug 1983) --- The five astronaut crewmembers of NASA?s STS-8 mission leave the operations and checkout building at...The crew of STS-8 walks out of the operations and checkout building at KSC during a launch rehearsal
 S83-39513 (30 Aug. 1983) --- NASA's eighth space shuttle launch lights up the Florida sky at 2:32 a.m. (EDT), Aug....STS-8 lifts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center at night.
 S83-39693 (5 Sept 1983) --- The five member astronaut crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-8 responds to a...
 61A-01-030 (30 Oct.-6 Nov. 1985) --- Mission specialist Guion S. Bluford prepares to perform a physics experiment onboard the D-1...
 Guy Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, launched into space on shuttle Challenger's STS-8 mission thirty-five years ago, on August 30,...Guy Bluford
 STS008-13-0361 (30 Aug.-5 Sept. 1983) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, assists Dr. William E. Thornton (out of...Astronaut Guion S. Bluford aboard STS-8 on a treadmill exercise equipment
 STS 8 crew on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger.STS 8 crew on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger.
 STS008-04-104 (13 Sept 1983) --- Richard H. Truly, crew commander; and Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist, merely fold their arms...Richard Truly and Guy Bluford float with their arms crossed inside the Space Shuttle as they sleep for a bit during the STS-8 mission.
 S84-47177 (17 Dec 1984) --- A recent flight in NASA's KC-135 aircraft gave the STS 61-A/Spacelab D-1 crewmembers a chance...
 Unofficial group photo of the STS-61A Crew and Ulf Merbold, Bldg. 9A; and, 1-G Trainer Cockpit. JSC, HOUSTON, TX Also...STS-61A crew
 S84-47032 (13 Dec 1984) --- Candid view of part of the STS 61-A crew. From left to right are Reinhard...
 S85-43139 (20 Sept 1985) --- Four members of the STS 61-A/Spacelab D-1 crew and two technicians are shown with a...
 S85-40783 (27 Sept. 1985) --- This international crew expected to fly aboard the space shuttle Challenger when it launches next...
 61A-S-015 (30 Oct 1985) --- A record number of crewmembers to serve on a Shuttle mission walks from the operations...
 61A-S-018 (30 Oct 1985) --- A record-sized crew of eight persons is lifted toward Earth-orbit as the space shuttle Challenger...
 61A-117-019 (30 Oct.-6 Nov. 1985) --- Traditional in-flight portrait of all eight STS-61A crew members was made with an automatic...
 61A-S-139 (6 Nov 1985) --- Eight persons returning from space at one time is a record which was set at...
 S90-44106 (August 1990) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist for STS-39, wearing part of an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU)...Guy Bluford puts on an EMU astronaut suit.
 S90-54755 (13 Dec 1990) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, Jr., STS-39 Mission Specialist wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and...
 S90-52756 (December 1990) --- NASA's STS-39 crew members, wearing their partial pressure launch and entry suits, pose for traditional portrait....
 S91-26681 (23 Jan 1991) --- Astronaut C. Lacy Veach (right), STS-39 mission specialist, uses a model to explain some anticipated...
 STS039-S-051 (28 April 1991) --- In KSC's Operations and Checkout Building, a very light breakfast is shared by the seven...
 STS039-07-017 (28 April - 6 May 1991) --- The seven member astronaut crew for the STS-39 mission poses on the...
 STS039-S-003 (20 April 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats (right) addresses the news media after arriving at the Shuttle Landing...
 STS053-S-002 (September 1992) --- These five astronauts have been assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for the mission,...Portrait of the STS-53 crew
 Guion S. Bluford (left) and MS James S. Voss, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), listen to instructions prior to...Astronaut Guion Bluford wearing an orange flight suit listens to instructions.
 STS053-13-021 (2-9 Dec 1992) --- The five astronauts flying aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for the mission pose for the...
 STS053-01-034 (2-9 Dec 1992) --- From the Space Shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck, astronaut Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist, uses...Guy Bluford holds a camera to capture a scene outside the Space Shuttle window
 Former astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar talks with Guion S. (Guy) Bluford before the STS-107 tree planting ceremony .Bluford at the Tree Planting Ceremony




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