
This international crew that flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger represented the largest number (eight) of persons to occupy an…

Astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr.

NASA’s STS-39 crewmembers, wearing their partial pressure launch and entry suits, pose for traditional portrait. Left to right are astronauts…

These five astronauts were the crew members for STS-8, Challenger. Richard M. Truly, center, was the crew commander. Daniel C.…

Former astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar talks with Guion S. (Guy) Bluford before the STS-107 tree planting ceremony .

In-flight portrait of the STS-61A crew. Left to right, back row, Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr., commander; Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission…

These five astronauts flaw aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Pictured are, left to right (front), Guion S. Bluford and James…

The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is secured to the Rotation and Test Fixture in cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload…

The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is unpacked in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.…

Technicians work on the back of the Aquarius instrument in a clean room. The NASA-built primary instrument on the spacecraft,…