On May 19, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-25 launched its first human flight in nearly two years, which Dwight was onboard for — making him the oldest person to go to space at age 90, according ...
With another liftoff for Blue Origin, Ed Dwight has become the oldest person to reach space. He has been waiting for this day for decades. NBC News’ Marissa Parra has more on what Dwight shared ...
Ed Dwight had to wait more than 60 years to fulfil his ambition to go to space. In 1961, he was chosen by then US President John F Kennedy as the first black astronaut candidate in the country.
It’s a trip he’s waited over six decades to take. At 90 years and 8 months old, Ed Dwight is officially the oldest person ever to fly to space. A former U.S. Air Force pilot, Captain Ed Dwight ...
Ed Dwight, 90, finally had the opportunity to live out a career milestone as an astronaut. “Everybody has this thing on how angry I must’ve been, how disappointed I must’ve been,” Dwight ...
Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra) Ed Dwight, the first Black man to ...
Ed Dwight has become America's first Black astronaut and the oldest to fly into the space. At 90, he finally fulfilled his dream of space travel, lifting off with Jeff Bezos' rocket company on Sunday.
Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old artist and former Air Force test pilot who was denied a chance to become the first African American astronaut six decades ago, finally rocketed into space on Sunday ...
"I needed to finish it," Dwight said. Hours after his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three retired Black NASA astronauts who thanked him for forging a path for them ...
"Long time coming," 90-year-old Ed Dwight said following the space flight. Ed Dwight, the United States' first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person to go to space on Sunday as Blue ...