First African American In Space Inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame

Guion Bluford, the first African American and second of African American decent to go outer space will be one of four astronauts receiving a special award this June. Bluford who participated in four Shuttle Flights between 1983 and 1992. His first flight on the Challenger mission STS-8 he made history as the first African American in space ( I know some of you think you've been there, but thats a whole other blog!) Anywho big BIG kudos for this and paving the way :) TNT BabyKayKs