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 African descent in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo MĂ©ndez. More about Guion Bluford
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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.In total, we tracked 524 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Guion Bluford (GUION BLUFORD SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTO ASTRONAUT NASA PIONEER BECKETT BAS) was sold in August 2022 for $115.00 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 September 2017 with $59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was November 2023. In average, an autographed item from Guion Bluford is worth $8.37.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Guion Bluford were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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ASTRONAUT GUION BLUFORD AUTOGRAPH PAPER with PATCH~ | $21.49 | ||
Astronaut Guion Bluford hand signed NASA litho + signed biography - 5989 | $4.25 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT | $3.25 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - AIR FORCE & NASA ASTRONAUT | $1.25 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - AIR FORCE & NASA ASTRONAUT | $3.25 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Hand Signed Autograph CUT + 4X6 Photo AIR FORCE & NASA ASTRONAUT | $0.01 | ||
GUION BLUFORD SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA NASA ASTRONAUT 2 | $15.75 | ||
GUION BLUFORD SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA NASA ASTRONAUT 5 | $7.99 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo..HISTORIC Shuttle Astronaut..NASA | $3.99 | ||
GUION BLUFORD Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo..HISTORIC Shuttle Astronaut..NASA | $3.99 |
Guion Bluford: First African-American in Space (04/22/14): 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 (02/14/14): Two people get a unique perspective of the environment during a zero gravity flight.
Black History: Guion Bluford (02/27/13): Each morning during the month of February, we are celebrating Black History Month with the help of students from the Horizon Science Academy....