The man who was almost NASA's first Black astronaut in the 1960s explains why he never made it to space

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Ed Dwight wears a flight suit and sits in the cockpit of an F-104.
Ed Dwight in the cockpit of an F-104 circa the 1960s.

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Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says space food is tastier than you think

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Former astronaut Leland Melvin holds a pouch of NASA space food to show the puppet Elmo
Former astronaut Leland Melvin shows Sesame Street's Elmo dehydrated food at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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