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Events on Monday 5 September 1983 1
1983Guion Bluford Becomes First African American in SpaceSTS-8 mission aboard Space Shuttle ChallengerGuion Bluford flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8, becoming the first African American astronaut in space. The mission also included the first night launch and landing of the Space Shuttle program. Bluford went on to fly three more shuttle missions.