At 90 years and eight months old, Dwight is the oldest person ever to fly in space, edging out actor William Shatner, who launched aboard a New Shepard at age 90 in 2021, by a few months.Aviatrix ...

Ed Dwight, the United States' first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person to go to space on Sunday as Blue Origin launched its New Shepard NS-25 spacecraft and completed its first ...

In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.

Ed Dwight had to wait more than ... mission and he did not get a chance to go to space... until now. On Sunday, the 90-year-old became the oldest person to go to space. The Blue Origin spacecraft ...

Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, pictured in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space ( Getty Images for National Geogra ) In 1961, the US ...

At 90 years and 8 months old, Ed Dwight is officially the oldest person ever to fly to space. A former U.S. Air Force pilot, Captain Ed Dwight was once tapped by President John F. Kennedy to be ...

The first black man to train with NASA in the 1960s will finally travel to space aged 90 on the next Blue Origin rocket flight - making him the oldest astronaut on record.. Ed Dwight joined the U ...

This Friday, morning meteorologist Nicole Phillips found the inspirational story of Ed Dwight ... actor William Shatner as the oldest person to ever fly in space, and says he’s not finished ...

When President Dwight Eisenhower created the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), he made it integrated. This action did away with things like “Colored” bathrooms, water ...

Celebrated on magazine covers, deluged in fan mail, addressing audiences around the country, Ed ... Dwight’s artwork. The liftoff in West Texas that made Dwight the oldest person to enter space ...

Ed Dwight, who was also the first black astronaut candidate in the US, waited more than 60 years for the trip. ... Ninety-year-old becomes oldest person to go to space.