Guion "Guy" Bluford is a former NASA astronaut who was ... graduated from Overbrook High School in 1960. He earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Penn State in 1964, followed ...

They should have gotten air conditioning years ago.” Students line up for class outside Guion S. Bluford Elementary School for the first day of school, September 5, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) ...

When Tangela McClam became the new principal of the Guion S. Bluford School last summer, she knew that she would be leading a school that was going through a major transition. Bluford, a K-8 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Students started the school year Tuesday at Guion S. Bluford Elementary School in West Philadelphia with smiles and high fives. "I'm excited," said first grader Samir Mason.

From the time he was a kid, former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force officer Guion Bluford Jr. always had ... became a student at Overbrook High School, that he realized he wanted to ...

Astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr., a colonel in the U.S. Air ... According to biography.com, Bluford went back to school after the tragic Challenger explosion in 1986. He received a master’s ...

Have you ever heard of Guion “Guy” Bluford—the first African American ... and they were pretty sparse—the most we could find were two grade school books. After doing all the research ...

the high school’s community is considering adding names to spaces within the building to reflect the STEM focus of Bluford ...

The sixth grade students at Stratford's Franklin School celebrated Black History ... Malcolm X, Rihanna, Guion Bluford and Maya Angelou. Police said the man was identified as an organizer of ...

On Aug. 30, 1983, history was made when Guion Bluford Jr., a decorated ... Driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Bluford returned to school after the war, obtaining a master’s degree ...

On Aug. 30, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford became the first Black American to reach space. But 40 years later, only 16 Black Americans have entered space. Bluford’s mission marked the first time ...

Astronaut Guion Bluford, the first African American in space ... “father of the blood bank,” are all naming options for the school’s spaces, Anderson presented. The naming options will ...