Mission Specialist Guy Bluford on STS-8
On the forward flight deck of Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-8 Mission Specialist Guion "Guy" S. Bluford sits in the commander's seat showing a U.S. Air Force decal.
Selected as part of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in January 1978, Bluford remained in the U.S. Air Force throughout his career at NASA, rising to the rank of colonel. STS-8 was his first of four shuttle flights to space.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S08-19-492
Date: September 5, 1983
Mission Specialist Guy Bluford on STS-8
On the forward flight deck of Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-8 Mission Specialist Guion "Guy" S. Bluford sits in the commander's seat showing a U.S. Air Force decal.
Selected as part of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in January 1978, Bluford remained in the U.S. Air Force throughout his career at NASA, rising to the rank of colonel. STS-8 was his first of four shuttle flights to space.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S08-19-492
Date: September 5, 1983