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Bluford went to Penn State

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NASA chose only 35 people to be mission specialists. Bluford was one of them. He would be the first African American astronaut in space.

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Guion Bluford and fellow astronauts experiment with zero gravity.

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August 30,1983, was the first nighttime launch of a shuttle.

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Bluford performed many medical experiments.

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During mission, Bluford also helped to test a robotic arm.

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Bluford made three more trips into space. They were in 1985,1991 and 1992. He spent almost 700 hours in space. Here is a picture Bluford at work in Spacelab.

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Bluford helped the German specialists experiment with gravity

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Bluford helped the German specialists experiment with gravity

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In space, astronauts can sleep in any position.

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The next time the Challenger was launched, it exploded. All seven crew members died. It was January 1986.

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In 1991, Bluford traveled into space again. He was aboard the shuttle Discovery.