Guion Bluford

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African American United States Air Force officer aerospace engineer astronaut human

Guion Bluford is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and former NASA astronaut best known as the first African American to travel into space.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guion Bluford canonical	2
Guion S. Bluford	2
Guion S. Bluford Jr.	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American ⓘ United States Air Force officer ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering ⓘ Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering ⓘ
awardReceived	Defense Superior Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1942-11-22 ⓘ
birthPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Overbrook High School NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania State University NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
familyName	Bluford NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering ⓘ spaceflight operations ⓘ
firstAfricanAmericanInSpace	true ⓘ
firstSpaceflight	STS-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Guion NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank	colonel ⓘ
notableAchievementDate	1983-08-30 ⓘ
notableFor	being the first African American in space ⓘ
occupation	aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ fighter pilot ⓘ test pilot ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
retiredFromNASA	1993 ⓘ
selectionAsAstronaut	NASA Astronaut Group 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionYear	1978 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spaceflightStart	1983-08-30 ⓘ
spaceMission	STS-39 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-53 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-61-A NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
spaceShuttleFlown	Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace	about 28 days ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Astronaut Group 8 → includes → Guion Bluford ⓘ

D-1 → crewMember → Guion Bluford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guion S. Bluford Jr.

Overbrook High School → notableAlumnus → Guion Bluford ⓘ

STS-8 → missionSpecialist → Guion Bluford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guion S. Bluford

STS-8 → carriedAstronaut → Guion Bluford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guion S. Bluford