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Today marks the 35th anniversary of blufords first space shuttle flight, which. A biography of the first african american astronaut, guion bluford, jr. As a crew member of space shuttle mission sts8, he became the first africanamerican to venture into space. Retrieved september 20, 2004 from the world wide web. Since 1978, james cummins bookseller has been selling rare books, autographs and first editions of all kinds. James cummins bookseller rare books, first editions. A veteran of three space flights, bluford was a mission specialist on sts8 in 1983, sts 61a in 1985, and sts39 in 1991. Guion bluford, first africanamerican in space, is an eagle scout. If you want to get an autograph from guion bluford, you send a letter through the above address with a size of 8.

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