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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, fulfilling a cherished dream in a brief up-and-down flight out of the lower atmosphere.

Jeff Bezos' space tourism company Blue Origin completed its seventh human spaceflight early this morning.

The Blue Origin successfully completed its seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program on Sunday. Andhra-born Gopi Thotakura was a part of the crew among five other crew members.

Ed Dwight, who missed out on his chance to join the space program in 1963 became the oldest person ever to reach space after flying into the sky with Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin

The former Air Force pilot trained to become an astronaut in the 1960s but was never selected by NASA. On a Blue Origin flight Sunday, he became the oldest person to go to space

Mission NS-25 marks the 7th flight for the firm owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin resumed its space flight today, after a two-year hiatus. A group of six adventurers completed an 11-minute journey to space after liftoff from Texas.

Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.

On Sunday, Blue Origin successfully launched a crew of six into space.

Blue Origin plans to launch six people — including the United States first-ever black astronaut candidate — on a suborbital spaceflight this weekend.