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A color photo of Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. onboard Challenger in 1983. He is wearing a dark blue shirt with NASA patches, light blue pants, and has a plaid band wrapped around his arm that looks like a blood pressure monitor. Bluford appears to be strapped into a harness and is looking at the camera.

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A color photo of Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. onboard Challenger in 1983. He is wearing a dark blue shirt with NASA patches, light blue pants, and has a plaid band wrapped around his arm that looks like a blood pressure monitor. Bluford appears to be strapped into a harness and is looking at the camera.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 14:56:24 UTC Robert McNees

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. became the first Black American astronaut to travel into space #OTD in 1983, on the Orbiter Challenger as part of mission STS-8.
Image: NASA

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