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America’s first Black astronaut candidate gets to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket and beats ...
Fortune· 2 days agoKennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps. Dwight, now 90, got to experience a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard ...
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...
Black astronauts say 90-year-old Ed Dwight's 1st trip to space was 'justice'
ABC News· 11 hours agoHours after his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three retired Black...
90-year-old Black astronaut named oldest man in space
CW39 NewsFix· 19 hours agoHOUSTON (KIAH) – America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years...
He just became the oldest man to go to space, and he has surprising SC connections
The State McClatchy via AOL· 14 hours agoThe 90-year-old joined five other passengers to reach space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceflight...
The 90-Year-Old Would-Be Astronaut Who Finally Gets His Chance at Space
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoHe gave up the dream and later became a renowned sculptor focusing on Black history. On Sunday, at...
On a Blue Origin rocket, Ed Dwight, 90, realizes his dream of space flight
NPR· 22 hours ago(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Michel Martin. Sixty-one years ago, Ed Dwight nearly made history as America's first Black astronaut. He was in the top half of his ...
He could’ve been America’s first Black astronaut. Now, he’s the oldest
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoNinety-year-old Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other passengers on Sunday, May 19,...
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space at 90 years old
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 2 days 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 Magazine· 16 hours agoDwight was one of six individuals aboard Blue Origin’s seventh human space flight on Sunday, May 19,...