Guion Bluford: A Space BiographyLaura S. Jeffrey
Printable pictures of famous people (past and present) with inspirational quotations. Students can color the pictures, or write a report on famous people.
Guion Bluford, astronaut who was the first African American launched into space, on the STS-8 mission in 1983. Bluford became an astronaut in 1978. On four spaceflights, Bluford served as a mission specialist and spent more than 28 days in space. Learn a
having never gone to space.Robert Lawrence, Jr., was selected for an air force space program in 1967, eventually becoming the first Black astronaut, but also never went to space. The first Black American would not enter space until almost 20 years later, whenGuion Blufordjoined a NASA shut...