Bluford

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	STS-8 (Challenger/3)	06h.32m.00s. Aug 30, 1983	MS	STS-8 (Challenger/3)	07h.41m.32s. Sep 05, 1983	6d.01h.09m.32s.
2	STS-61A (Challenger/9)	17h.00m.00s. Oct 30, 1985	MS	STS-61A (Challenger/9)	17h.45m.40s. Nov 06, 1985	7d.00h.45m.40s.
3	STS-39 (Discovery/12)	11h.33m.14s. Apr 28, 1991	MS	STS-39 (Discovery/12)	18h.56m.25s. May 06, 1991	8d.07h.23m.11s.
4	STS-53 (Discovery/15)	13h.24m.00s. Dec 02, 1992	MS	STS-53 (Discovery/15)	20h.45m.08s. Dec 09, 1992	7d.07h.21m.08s.
Total duration:						28d 16h 39m 31s.

Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University, 1964; master of science in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1974; Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1978; master of business administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1987;
Colonel, USAF; he flew 166 combat missions in Vitnam; test pilot at Wright-Patterson AFB; hobbies: Reading, swimming, jogging , raquetball, handball, scuba; in 1993 he retired from NASA to serve as General Manager of Engineering Services Division withNYMA, Inc. in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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