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

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America's first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

Dwight, now 90, got to experience a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space.

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Bezos' Blue Origin launches first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew - including the first U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s - from West Texas to the edge of space on Sunday, resuming its centerpiece space tourism business for the first time since its suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches six tourists to edge of space

The passengers include Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut in the 1960s

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Meet Ed Dwight, First Black Man Trained As Astronaut To Go To Space After 63 Years

Ed Dwight, who is the first Black man to be trained as an astronaut, is set to become the oldest person to go to space at 90 years of age. Dwight in 1961 hoped to become the first Black astronaut in space, but he never made it.