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Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut trainee, reaches space at 90 | New Orleans' Multicultural...
Louisiana Weekly· 19 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 ...
Florida couple seeks student journalists to cover return trip to space
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWinter Park, Florida, power couple Marc and Sharon Hagle already flew to space with Blue Origin....
Amanda Nguyen, civil rights advocate, set to become first Vietnamese woman in space
NBC 2 Fort Myers· 1 day agoAmanda Nguyen, a civil rights advocate and survivor of campus assault, is set to make history as the...
The Space Review: Ed Dwight: The first Black astronaut?
The Space Review· 14 hours agoNinety-year-old Ed Dwight was one of six people aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle when it...
Astronomy has a bullying and harassment issue: 'Results presented in this report are bleak'
Space via Yahoo News· 16 hours ago"Then, the perpetrator goes on to have an exceptional career and the victim is forced out of the...
Ed Dwight, the U.S.'s first Black astronaut candidate on making it to space at 90
NPR· 4 days agoAnd liftoff. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Liftoff. (CHEERING) SIMON: Wow, indeed. On Sunday, Mr. Dwight was one of six passengers aboard Blue Origin's NS-25 ...
The long journey to becoming an astronaut
The Week via Yahoo News· 7 days agoKennedy to become the country's first Black astronaut. Nasa ultimately did not select Dwight for a mission, but he is now the oldest person to go to...
Dreams don’t die in middle-age – here’s why it’s never too late to pursue your passion
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLET’S UNPACK THAT: As a 90-year-old astronaut finally achieves his dream of going to space, Helen...
Astronaut Training Pays Off at 90: Ed Dwight Finally Reaches Space, Making History as Oldest to Ever...
GoodNewsNetwork· 5 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
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (May 21)
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSpaceX has confirmed they are targeting a liftoff time of 8:32 p.m. as of Thursday evening. Should SpaceX not be able to launch at that time, backup opportunities exist until 11:30 p.m. < ...