Ed Dwight, the First Black Astronaut Candidate in the U.S., Finally Travels to Space at 90 Years Old
Smithsonian Magazine
Ed Dwight, the First Black Astronaut Candidate in the U.S., Finally Travels to Space at 90 Years Old
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