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'This was a life-changing experience:' 1st Black astronaut candidate exults after suborbital launch...
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNinety-year-old Ed Dwight got to live out his long-delayed spaceflight dream with a suborbital...
Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Trainee, Reaches Space at 90 - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 7 days 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 etched Dwight’s name in history ...
America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate Soars To Space 60 Years Later, Becomes Oldest Person In...
Black Enterprise· 7 days agoEd Dwight, 90, who became America’s first Black astronaut candidate under John F. Kennedy’s presidency has finally made it to outer space more than 60 years later. Dwight was a part of the six-person ...
Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoBezos flew aboard the rocket in 2021. Other notable space tourists previously carried by the vehicle...
Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
CNN.com· 7 days agoBlue Origin’s tourism rocket has launched passengers to the edge of space for the first time in...
Astronaut Training Pays Off at 90: Ed Dwight Finally Reaches Space, Making History as Oldest to Ever...
GoodNewsNetwork· 3 days ago60 years after passing Air Force selection as a candidate to be the first African-American astronaut, Edward Dwight fulfilled that dream by blasting off with Blue Origin on Sunday for a short ...
Springsteen guitarist: Ax CD4's D'Esposito
Newsday· 7 days agoSteve Van Zandt, lead guitarist for the Bruce Springsteen-backing E Street Band and a star of “The Sopranos,” is endorsing Democrat Laura Gillen for...
90-Year-Old Black Astronaut ‘Ecstatic’ About First Space Trip After Being Passed Over Decades Ago
Black America Web· 6 days agoAmerica’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream to travel to...