On October 8, 2021, a building on the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University in its Innovation Park was named the Guion S. Bluford Jr. Building in his honor.

Guion Bluford, astronaut who was the first African American launched into space, on the STS-8 mission in 1983. Bluford became an astronaut in 1978. On four spaceflights, Bluford served as a mission …

Apr 2, 2014 · Guion S. Bluford was a decorated Air Force pilot in Vietnam before joining NASA in the late 1970s. In 1983, he became the first African American to travel into space when he served as a …

Oct 2, 2023 · Selected as part of NASA’s eighth class of astronauts in 1978, Guion “Guy” Bluford became NASA’s first African-American astronaut to go to space with his launch on STS-8 on August …

May 9, 2013 · NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, military officer, and senior engineering executive, Guion S. Bluford Jr. was born on November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the …

Dr. Guion “Guy” S. Bluford Jr. (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) was the first African American to fly in space. He was also the first African American to return to space a second, third and fourth time.

In 1978, he joined NASA and made history on Aug. 30, 1983, as the first African-American astronaut to travel to space. He flew on four space shuttle missions, amassing nearly 700 hours in space. After …

Started college at Penn State and holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate in aerospace engineering. Joined the United States Air Force where he earned his pilot’s wings, commercial pilot’s …

In 1979, Bluford was selected as a NASA astronaut and made history as the first African American to travel to space. Over the course of his career, Bluford flew on four space missions, receiving more …

Guion S. Bluford, Jr. (1942 – Present) Bluford became the first African American to fly in space. His role as a mission specialist astronaut on STS-8, launched on Aug. 30,1983.