Man supposed to be 1st Black astronaut now oldest in space
Ed Dwight, who was supposed to be the first Black man to go to space in the 1960s is now the oldest man to ever go to space at 90.
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Ed Dwight, who was supposed to be the first Black man to go to space in the 1960s is now the oldest man to ever go to space at 90.
Kansas City, Kansas, native Ed Dwight is honored for a weathervane he created for the Kansas City Museum just days after he traveled into space at the age of 90.
Dwight, 90, became the oldest person to travel to space on board Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin capsule on Sunday.
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
Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old man set to become America's first Black astronaut decades ago, finally made it to space.