Guion Bluford Autographs
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer 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 color in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
Born in Philadelphia, Bluford graduated from Overbrook High School in 1960. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1964, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1974, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in laser physics, again from AFIT, in 1978, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston–Clear Lake in 1987. He has also attended the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.
His hobbies include reading, swimming, jogging, racquetball, handball, scuba diving and golf. He married Linda Tull in 1964 and has two sons.
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Current items with a signature of Guion Bluford
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Traded items with a signature of Guion Bluford
The most expensive item with a signature of Guion Bluford (GUION BLUFORD DAN BRANDENSTEIN CHALLENGER STS SPACE FLOWN SIGNED AUTO COVER JSA) was sold in October 2025 for $299.99 while the cheapest item (GUION BLUFORD Hand Signed Autograph CUT + 4X6 Photo AIR FORCE & NASA ASTRONAUT) found a new owner for $0.01 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (10) was January 2009 with an average selling price of $4.18 for an autographed item of Guion Bluford. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $115.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was November 2023. In average, an autographed item from Guion Bluford is worth $9.50.
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Latest News about Guion Bluford
Guion Bluford: First African-American in Space (04/22/2014): Guion "Guy" Bluford is a former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American to fly into space. He flew four shuttle missions. Space History Photo: Guion Bluford Experiences Weightlessness on the KC-135 (02/14/2014): Two people get a unique perspective of the environment during a zero gravity flight. Black History: Guion Bluford (02/27/2013): Each morning during the month of February, we are celebrating Black History Month with the help of students from the Horizon Science Academy....
