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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.
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
Blue Origin will attempt a crewed launch of its reusable New Shepard rocket Sunday morning in Texas, marking the company's 25th mission using the launch vehicle and its seventh flight with humans on board.
The passengers include Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut in the 1960s
Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.