Search results
America’s first Black astronaut candidate gets to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket and beats ...
Fortune· 1 day agoLaunch officials said all of the astronauts were well shortly after the capsule parachuted down after a flight of roughly 10 minutes. The brief flight from West Texas made Dwight the new record-holder ...
It Took 60 Years for America's First Black Astronaut To Achieve His Ultimate Goal
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoNever give up on your dreams. I know it’s a cheesy phrase that gets used much too often, but Ed...
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space at 90 years old
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 1 day agoAmerica's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with...
Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate, Makes History by Finally Reaching Space at 90
People via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoI am ecstatic.” Dwight now holds the world record for oldest individual to travel to space, topping...
Ed Dwight, NASA’s First Black Astronaut, Finally Just Reached Space 60 Years Later
IFLScience· 12 hours agoDwight is also now the record-holder for the oldest person to have ever flown into orbit.
On a Blue Origin rocket, Ed Dwight, 90, realizes his dream of space flight
NPR· 17 hours agoHe was in the top half of his class in test pilot school but didn't make the final cut to astronaut. But at 90 years old, Dwight finally realized his dream of space flight ...
Bezos’s Blue Origin sends first crew to edge of space since 2022
The Hill via AOL· 1 day agoBlue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after...
90-year-old man breaks space travel record: 'Everybody needs to do this'
Newsweek· 1 day agoA 90-year-old former Air Force captain broke a record when he was launched into space Sunday morning...
Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
CNN via AOL· 7 hours agoBezos flew aboard the rocket in 2021. Other notable space tourists previously carried by the vehicle...
90-year-old Black astronaut named oldest man in space
CW39 NewsFix· 13 hours agoHOUSTON (KIAH) – America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years...