Guion Bluford

Guion Bluford

November 22, 1942 (81 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who is the first African American and the second person of African descent after Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez to go to space.

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