Astronaut Lt. Colonel Guion S. Bluford, Jr.

Lt. Colonel Guion S. Bluford, Jr. of the USAF was named in May 1982 to be the first black American astronaut.  He is to fly aboard a July 1983 flight of space shuttle Challenger.

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Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., Ph.D. (born November 22, 1942),  ended up participating in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992.