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Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, becomes oldest person to reach space
NBC NEWS· 7 days agoEd Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later,...
90-Year-Old Black Astronaut ‘Ecstatic’ About First Space Trip After Being Passed Over Decades Ago
Black America Web· 6 days agoDwight served as an Air Force pilot until President John F. Kennedy co-signed him to be the first ...
Black astronauts say 90-year-old Ed Dwight's 1st trip to space was 'justice'
ABC News· 7 days agoHours after his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three retired Black...
First Black astronaut candidate in U.S. finally goes to space at 90
Axios· 3 days agoEd Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program,...
First Black astronaut completes his mission 63 years later, becomes oldest man to go to space
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEd Dwight always dreamed of being an astronaut. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy selected the Air...
Man supposed to be 1st Black astronaut now oldest in space
Rolling Out· 7 days agoEd Dwight, who was supposed to be the first Black man to go to space in the 1960s is now the oldest...
Back in Colorado, America's first Black astronaut Ed Dwight says trip to space "righted a wrong"
CBS News· 6 days agoThe former Air Force Pilot was selected by President John F. Kennedy back in 1961 as a candidate for...
Bezos' Blue Origin goes back to space with 90-year old Black astronaut and 5 others
Fast Company Magazine· 7 days agoJeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew — including the first U.S. Black ...
Blue Origin launches first Black astronaut candidate, 5 others into space from Texas
Austin American-Statesman· 7 days agoSix passengers were launched to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin's tourism rocket on Sunday....
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