Guy Buford,First African American in Space.

In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the African American astronaut in space.Hear from Bluford himself, see footage from his space shuttle missions, and celebrate the milestones that forever changed the landscape of space exploration.

Bluford’s first mission was STS-8, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Aug 30 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger Orbiter, and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission, the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA), operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) with live cell samples, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysological effects of space flight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-8 completed 98 orbits of the earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Fore Air Base, California, on Sept 5, 1983.

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