Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus

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Ed Dwight, NASA’s First Black Astronaut, Finally Just Reached Space 60 Years Later

Dwight is also now the record-holder for the oldest person to have ever flown into orbit.

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Blue Origin shoots 6 tourists into space after nearly 2-year hiatus: Meet the new astronauts

The scheduled New Shepard flight blasted off at 9:36 a.m. local time from Jeff Bezos Blue Origin Launch Site One on a private ranch in West Texas.

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1st Black astronaut candidate waits 60 years to break record as oldest space traveler at 90

Ed Dwight, 90, initially recommended to NASA by Air Force during President John F. Kennedy's administration - Anadolu Ajansı

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Blue Origin breaks 2-year hiatus, launches 6 passengers to edge of space

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully launched six passengers to the edge of space on Sunday, May 19, marking the end of a nearly two-year hiatus triggered by a failed test flight. From West Texas, the launch carried venture capitalist Mason Angel and retired U.S. Air Force Captain Ed Dwight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2zZsDAZfjs President Kennedy selected Dwight in 1961 as the first Black astronaut candidate. During the NS-25 mis…

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The ninety-year-old American was on board with five other passengers who were taken into space by billionaire Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin.

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America's first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight, reaches space at 90

Ed Dwight, who was America's first Black astronaut candidate in the 1960s, finally experienced space travel at the age of 90. Dwight was part of a Blue Origin flight.