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Joshua Hase

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.

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UpbringingUpbringing

Father Guion Sr.

Mother Lolita

Lessons “Reach for the Stars” Lack of hard work

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Childhood InterestsChildhood Interests

Mechanical Toys

Aviation Posters Black Pilots Sputnik I

Experimenting Physics Foreshadow

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EducationEducation Overbrook Senior High

Guidance Counselor Engineering Student

Pennsylvania State University 3rd Generation of Blufords Church Groups Linda Tull Phi Delta Kappa Junior ROTC Cadet

“I changed directions right then and there, I decided to go into the Air Force as a pilot. I thought that if I were a pilot, I would be a better engineer”

Graduation

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Air ForceAir Force

Williams Air Force Base Pilot training

Vietnam 557th Tactical Fighter

Squadron 144 Combat Missions 3,000 hours of Flight Time 10 Air force Medals Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam

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557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron

557th TFS Pilots - Mar 1967

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557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron

Two fully loaded 557th birds Filling Up

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557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron557th TACTICAL Fighter Squadron

557th f-4 Taxiing

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Air ForceAir Force

3,630th Flying Training Wing

Sheppard Air Force Base

T-38 Flight Instructor X-Country & Acrobatics

Logged 1,300 hours

Awards Instructor of the Month Outstanding Flight Safety

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Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Master of Science Degree with a Distinction in Aerospace Engineering

Staff Development Engineer

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Laser physics

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NASANASA

Applications

Diverse Group

Training

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NASA NASA

NEW Hobby

New Friends McNair and Gregory

Graduation

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STS-8STS-8

The Crew

New Milestones Night Launch Oldest Person First African-American Night Landing

Duties

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STS-8 DutiesSTS-8 Duties

Shuttle Mission Simulator Training

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STS-8 DutiesSTS-8 Duties

Bluford Checking Experiment Equipment

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STS-8 DutiesSTS-8 Duties

Truly and Bluford Sleeping

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STS-8 DutiesSTS-8 Duties

Bluford Launching The Indian Satellite

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STS-8 DutiesSTS-8 Duties

Landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Ca

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Blufords MissionsBlufords Missions

STS–61-A October 30, 1985 111 Orbits, 169 hours

STS-39 April 28, 1991 134 orbits, 199 hours

STS-53 December 2, 1992 115 orbits, 175 hours

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BlufordBluford

NASA Logged over 688 hours in space Retired in July 1993,

status of colonel

Today Vice President of NYMA Resides in Cleveland, Ohio with

wife of 30 years

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ReferencesReferences

AFIT, (2006). Air Force Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 26, 2006, Web site: http://www.afit.edu/

CHAM, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. Retrieved March 30, 2006, from CHAM Web site: http://www.cham.co.uk/website/new/cfdintro.htm#target4

Haskins, Jim & Benson, Kathleen (1984). Space Challenger: The Story of Guion Bluford. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc..

Jeffrey, Laura S. (1998). Countdown to Space: Guion Bluford: A Space Biography. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc..

NASA, (1996, January). Astronaut Bio: Guion S. Bluford, Jr.. Retrieved March 15 2006, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration Web site: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html

PDKInt, (2006, January). About Phi Delta Kappa. Retrieved April 3, 2006, from Phi Delta Kappa International - The Professional Association in Education Web site: http://www.pdkintl.org/aboutpdk/aboutpdk.htm

Stauss, Kevin (2004, February 27). The My Hero Project - Guion S. Bluford. Retrieved March 15, 2006, from The My Hero Project Web site: http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=BLUFORD_Wilmington_ul

Wade, Mark (2006, January 4). Bluford. Retrieved March 15, 2006, from Encyclopedia Astronautica Web site: http://astronautix.com/astros/bluford.htm