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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, a 90-year-old man set to become America's first Black astronaut decades ago, finally made it to space.
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Blue Origin's space capsule safely landed despite a problem with one of its parachutes.
Dwight, 90, became the oldest person to travel to space on board Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin capsule on Sunday.