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Birth Name:

Guion Bluford

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Nov 22, 1942

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

82

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Sco

44'

About Guion Bluford

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who is the first African American[a] and the second person of African descent after Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez to go to space. Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S. 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. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Guion "Guy" Bluford Biography – NASA Astronaut – First African American In Space". about.com.

• Guy Bluford interviewed on Conversations from Penn State

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Guion Bluford: Sun 29 Scorpio, Moon 27 Taurus, Mercury 24 Scorpio, Venus 1 Sagittarius, Mars 14 Scorpio, Jupiter 25 Cancer, Saturn 9 Gemini, Uranus 2 Gemini, Neptune 1 Libra, Pluto 7 Leo, Sun Sextile Neptune, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Opposition Uranus, Sun Trine Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Venus Opposition Uranus, Venus Sextile Neptune, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Semi Square Saturn, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune

Categories related to Guion Bluford: Living people, Recipients of the Legion of Merit, Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal, 1942 births, November 22 births, Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States), Engineers from Pennsylvania, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees, Space Shuttle program astronauts, Recipients of the Air Medal, United States Air Force colonels, African-American scientists, United States Air Force astronauts, American aerospace engineers, Air Force Institute of Technology alumni, African-American engineers, 20th-century African-American people, 21st-century African-American people, Military personnel from Philadelphia, University of Houston–Clear Lake alumni, Penn State College of Engineering alumni, African-American aviators, Recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam), Aviators from Pennsylvania, United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War