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First black man in space. Bluford becomes the first african american to travel into space when the space shuttle challenger lifts off on its third mission. Air force lieutenant colonel guion s. Air force officer and fighter pilot and former nasa astronaut who is the first african american and the second person of african descent to go to space. Ultimately guion bluford who flew on the eighth space shuttle mission in 1983 was the first black nasa astronaut to reach orbit.
Air force where he remained while assigned to nasa rising to the rank of colonel. He participated in four space shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. 30 1983 aboard the challenger on nasa s eight space shuttle mission sts 8. Before becoming an astronaut he was an officer in the u s.
A 25 year old dj from a south african township is set to become the first black african to go into space. In 1983 as a member of the crew of the orbiter challenger. Is an american aerospace engineer retired u s. Johannesburg mandla maseko a south african man who had won the opportunity to become the first black african to go into space has died in a motorcycle crash.
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