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First Black Man In Space Inducted Into Astronaut Hall Of Fame

Written by News One on December 23, 2009 4:05 pm

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From CollectSpace.com

December 18, 2009 — Two astronauts who were off the planet during separate American tragedies over the past decade, a record-setting female spacewalker who helped save the Hubble Telescope and the first African-American to fly in space will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in June.

Guion “Guy” Bluford became the first African-American in space when he joined the crew of the first space shuttle mission to launch and land at night.

“We had to, as a crew, figure out the techniques that were required to launch the thing at night and as well as land the thing at night,” Dr. Bluford told collectSPACE in 2002 on the anniversary of his 1983 STS-8 mission, which was dedicated to deploying a multipurpose India-built satellite and conducting medical measurements to understand the effects of space flight on the human body.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrlosa/ mrlosa

    You see everybody has a comment when it comes to stupid ass rappers in jail, or when some Dumbass thats “Black” gets arrested and everyone blames some one else (the white man) for the issue. But nobody gives credit to the positive black people! It doesn’t even make it to the few first headlines on this site. I guess this man is an uncle tom also for having bigger goals in life huh? rather than trying to be a rapper or a “G”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Theman9361/ Theman9361

    That’s awesome! I hope they keep the space shuttles going until the next generation of space crafts are ready! @mrlosa: I agree with you %100! it’s sad!

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    this is a true role model

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    I agree that there are many posts on all the stories about rappers and other stuff but when there is an honest-to-goodness, positive story it’s hidden. Congrats, Mr. Buford for the award for doing something positive other than selling a million copies of a song that is lacking in creativity, originality, and who knows what else. This is the type of story our youth need to know about. Yes, they can aspire to something else other than sports, rapping, and buffoonery.

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