Guion Bluford

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel.

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Who was born first?

• Guion Bluford and Toyohiro Akiyama were born the same year
• Guion Bluford and Vladimir Kovalyonok were born the same year
• Guion Bluford and Valeri Polyakov were born the same year
• Guion Bluford and Bill Nelson were born the same year
• Guion Bluford and Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez were born the same year

Timeline

1. Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942 – present
2. Bill NelsonSeptember 29, 1942 – present
3. Guion Bluford (this page)November 22, 1942 – present
4. Toyohiro AkiyamaJuly 22, 1942 – August 26, 2026
5. Valeri PolyakovApril 27, 1942 – September 7, 2022
6. Vladimir KovalyonokMarch 3, 1942 – present

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
• William ShatnerMarch 22, 1931 – present
• Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17, 1962 – 2003