Sixty Years After His First Try, Ed Dwight Headed to Space

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Sixty Years After His First Try, Ed Dwight Headed to Space

Key Points: Ed Dwight, first Black astronaut candidate, to join Blue Origin space flight at age 90. Dwight was selected by JFK in 1961 to join the astronaut training program but forced out of the program in 1965. Dwight is a successful sculptor and will become the oldest person to fly in space. Kansas City native Ed Dwight, who was the first Black astronaut candidates, will join the next Blue Origin space flight  Sixty years after being select…