U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space when the space shuttle Challenger lifts off on its third mission. It was the first night launch of a space shuttle, and many people stayed up late to watch the spacecraft roar up from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:32 a.m.
The Challenger spent six days in space, during which time Bluford and his four fellow crew members launched a communications satellite for the government of India, made contact with an errant communications satellite, conducted scientific experiments, and tested the shuttle's robotic arm. Just before dawn on September 5, the shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, bringing an end to the most flawless shuttle mission to that date.
Guion Stewart Bluford II was born in Philadelphia in 1942. From an early age, "Guy" was fascinated with flight and decided he wanted to design and build airplanes. In 1964, he graduated from Penn State with a degree in aerospace engineering. Deciding he'd need to know how to fly planes if he wanted to build them, he entered the U.S. Air Force and graduated with his pilot wings in 1965. He was assigned to a fighter squadron in Vietnam, where he flew 144 combat missions. After combat service, he became a flight instructor and in the 1970s went on to receive a master's degree and doctorate in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
In 1979, he was accepted into the U.S. astronaut program. He made his first flight in 1983 as a mission specialist on the eighth shuttle mission. He later flew three more shuttle missions, logging a total of 700 hours in orbit. After returning from NASA, he became vice president and general manager of an engineering company in Ohio.
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space when the space shuttle Challenger lifts off on its third mission. It was the first night launch of a space shuttle, and many people stayed up late to watch the spacecraft roar up from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:32 a.m.
The Challenger spent six days in space, during which time Bluford and his four fellow crew members launched a communications satellite for the government of India, made contact with an errant communications satellite, conducted scientific experiments, and tested the shuttle's robotic arm. Just before dawn on September 5, the shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, bringing an end to the most flawless shuttle mission to that date.
Guion Stewart Bluford II was born in Philadelphia in 1942. From an early age, "Guy" was fascinated with flight and decided he wanted to design and build airplanes. In 1964, he graduated from Penn State with a degree in aerospace engineering. Deciding he'd need to know how to fly planes if he wanted to build them, he entered the U.S. Air Force and graduated with his pilot wings in 1965. He was assigned to a fighter squadron in Vietnam, where he flew 144 combat missions. After combat service, he became a flight instructor and in the 1970s went on to receive a master's degree and doctorate in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
In 1979, he was accepted into the U.S. astronaut program. He made his first flight in 1983 as a mission specialist on the eighth shuttle mission. He later flew three more shuttle missions, logging a total of 700 hours in orbit. After returning from NASA, he became vice president and general manager of an engineering company in Ohio.
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford was the first African-American to travel into space. His first mission was aboard the shuttle Challenger August 30, 1983, but he was not part of the crew when the shuttle exploded in 1996.
Guion Bluford in 1983.
Guion Bluford
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
he was the very first african american in space
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she was the first african american to go in to space
She loved science and that led her to become the first African American in space.
The first African American to travel in the space was Guion Bluford. He was however the second from African ancestry to travel in the space.
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Sally Ride
Mae Jemison is the first African American to travel through space.
Mae Jemison was an engineer, doctor and first African American to travel into space.
Guion Bluford was the first African-American to actually make it to space. Other African Americans were chosen to be astronauts before him, but they didn't make it to space. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. would have been the first, but he was killed in a jet accident during a training exercise.Bernard A. Harris, Jr. was the first African-American to walk in space.Mae Jemison was the first Black woman in space.
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.
The first South African space tourist was Mark Shuttleworth. He was the first from an African country to travel into space.
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The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
The first African American who travelled in the space was Mae Carol Jemison. She was s Mission Specialist on the STS-47 space mission."Mae Jeminson"thanks for asking! joe mc carterDr. Mae C. Jemison (born October 11, 1956) was the first African-American woman in space, on mission STS-47 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, on September 12-20, 1992.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. She credits Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Uhura, as being a role model, making her realize it was possible for an African American woman to go to space.Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut to travel space on September 12, 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.