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The trip to space will solidify his title as the oldest person to travel to space. Captain Edward J Dwight (center), the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts, pictured with fellow pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California, circa April 1963.
The Blue Origin rocket reportedly encountered a problem upon launch and made an emergency exit from the booster.
Blue Origin’s NS23 mission hit a snag that triggered an abort system, which jettisoned the crew capsule away from the rocket.
The New Shepard spacecraft blasted off at 8:59 a.m. CDT (1359 GMT), and the crew capsule separated from the six-story-tall rocket a short time later as it soared to an altitude of 66 miles (106 km)
The comedian will be part of the Blue Origin mission on March 23rd.