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Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos...
theGrio via AOL· 1 week agoIt was Blue...capsule full of experiments safely parachuted to the ground. Flights resumed last...
Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut trainee, reaches space at 90 | New Orleans' Multicultural...
Louisiana Weekly· 14 hours agoThe liftoff from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site was the company’s first passenger flight in nearly two years. This approximately 10-minute suborbital flight ...
Blue Origin preparing return to crewed space flights, nearly 2 years after failed mission
USA Today· 2 weeks agoThe NS-25 mission will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas, with the launch window for the ...
The 90-Year-Old Would-Be Astronaut Who Finally Gets His Chance at Space
The Wall Street Journal· 1 week agoHe gave up the dream and later became a renowned sculptor focusing on Black history. On...at the age...
Blue Origin launches first Black astronaut candidate 60 years after rejection
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoTo them (this) is justice." During the 10-minute sub-orbital flight on Sunday, the New Shepard's...
Blue Origin launches historic flight to space
ABC News· 1 week agoEd Dwight, the United States' first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person to go to space on Sunday as Blue Origin launched its New Shepard...
91-year-old Air Force Captain becomes oldest person to fly into space
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHe completed flight training at Malden Air Force Base, Missouri, commissioned as a second lieutenant...
Blue Origin's New Shepard returning to flight almost two years after incident
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe spacecraft is named in honor of the first American in space Alan Shepard, as the flight...
Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate, Makes History by Finally Reaching Space at 90
People via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAfter landing, Dwight called the nearly 10-minute flight a “life-changing experience,” according to...
At age 90, America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space
NPR· 1 week agoThe approximately 10-minute suborbital flight put Dwight in the history books as the oldest person...