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Bezos resuming Blue Origin spaceflights with the man selected to be the nation's first Black astronaut — in 1961

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 08:55

Ed Dwight — Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot who was the first Black astronaut candidate, will be a part of Blue Origin's 25th mission to space aboard the New Shepard rocket.
Robby Klein/Contour by Getty Images and Blue Origin

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

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:25

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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