1st Black Astronaut-Guion Stewart Bluford Jr

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. Most noted (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, He who is the first African American and the second person of African descent to go to space. Raised high brother ride roar high into the skies This is no much fun to know it’s so great Bluford was selected to become a NASA astronaut in January 1978 As a part of NASA astronaut group 8. Trained for a year Officially designated as astronaut in August 1979 His technical assignments have included working with Space Station operations In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Bluford on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans Raised high brother ride roar high into the skies Bluford left NASA and retired from the Air Force in July 1993 to take the post of Vice President/General Manager, Engineering Services Division of NYMA, Greenbelt, Maryland. a Corporation and in October 2000, became the Vice President of Microgravity R&D and Operations for the Northrop Grumman Corporation. He retired from Northrop Grumman in September 2002 Raised high brother ride roar high into the skies to become the President of Aerospace Technology, an engineering consulting organization in Cleveland, Ohio. Bluford was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1997,[7] the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2010 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2019 Raised high brother ride roar high into the skies Fly brother Fly up and beyond the heavenly skies 2/8/2021 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©