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on august 30th 1983 guy bluford soared

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into history becoming the first

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african-american in space during the

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mission sts-8 i decided probably in

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junior high school because i had lots of

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interest that i narrowed my interest

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towards aerospace

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i liked airplanes i made model airplanes

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i was interested in math and science it

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all seemed to fit

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my father

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as a mechanical engineer loved what he

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did and

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i keep telling kids all the time

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that i made a decision that when i

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became an adult i'll have people pay me

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to have a good time bluford was born in

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philadelphia and attended pennsylvania

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state university he became an astronaut

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in 1979 and was also a mission

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specialist on

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sts-61a

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sts-39

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and sts-53

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in 1997 guy bluford was inducted into

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the international space hall of fame and

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in 2002 the world-renowned

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african-american scholar dr malaysia

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asante listed him as one of the 100