More than 60 years after he became the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight finally flew to space. On ...
"I needed to finish it," Dwight said. Hours after his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three retired Black NASA astronauts who thanked him for forging a path for them ...
It's a statement not many people get to say in their lifetime, but after over 60 years, Denver resident Edward Dwight finally got the chance. "I just got back from outer space," said Ed Dwight.
Ed Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the way. In 2024, at the age of 90, he ...
VAN HORN, Texas — Ed Dwight, America’s first black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force ...