My fancy padlet by Zoe Gibson https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha Made with the ideas of creativity en-us 2022-03-01 19:58:20 UTC 2025-10-12 12:14:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/body_large/public/images/events/6755h.jpg?itok=e9BdbPwj Date of Birth 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076428579 Guion Bluford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 22,1942.]]> 2022-03-03 18:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076428579 Early Life 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076470091 He enrolled at Pennsylvania State and married wife Linda in 1964.]]> 2022-03-03 18:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076470091 First Career 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076473556 He won several medals for his service including the Vietnam cross of Gallantry with Palm in 1966.]]> 2022-03-03 18:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076473556 Joining the space shuttle team 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076480207
Guion S. Bluford was one of 35 chosen to join the new space shuttle team in January 1978.]]> 2022-03-03 18:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076480207 Becoming a NASA astronaut 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076486213 He officially became a NASA astronaut in August 1979.]]> 2022-03-03 19:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076486213 Making history 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076486848 Bluford made history on August 30, 1983, when he became the first African American to experience space travel.]]> 2022-03-03 19:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076486848 Nowadays 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076489557 Guion S. Bluford joined NYMA Inc. as vice president/general manager of its engineering services division in 1993.

]]> 2022-03-03 19:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076489557 Post NASA 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076521786 Bluford completed three more NASA missions, compiling 688 hours in space by the time of his retirement in 1993.]]> 2022-03-03 19:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076521786 Hall of Fame 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076523455 Bluford was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1997 and the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2010.]]> 2022-03-03 19:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076523455 Japanese attacks the United States 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076547215 On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans.]]> 2022-03-03 19:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076547215 Battle of the Midway 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076548496 On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins.]]> 2022-03-03 19:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076548496 Another African American 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076566535 January 1,1943, Negro Baseball League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown; admitted to hospital for rest and treatment; released in time for pre-season training.

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Normandy Invasion, also called Operation Overlord or D-Day, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.
]]> 2022-03-03 19:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2076568542 Death 1912094_2_1 https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2078008776 Guion Bluford died February 1st, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia perished with its crew reentry.]]> 2022-03-04 14:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1912094_2_1/3s0rgajcobrrl5ha/wish/2078008776