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   Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, former test pilot, and astronaut. He is the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts. He was controversially not selected to officially join NASA.

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3. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › ed-dwight-firstEd Dwight Was Going to Be the First African American in Space ...

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   Feb 18, 2020 · Captain Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African American selected as a potential astronaut, looks over a model of Titan rockets in November 1963. Bettmann Archive / Getty Images. In the early...

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4. www.npr.org › 2024/04/25 › 1246820206At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to ...

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut.

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6. www.npr.org › 2022/07/05 › 1109678316Ed Dwight was in line to be the first Black astronaut ... - NPR

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   Jul 5, 2022 · At the height of the space race in the 1960s, Air Force Captain Ed Dwight was chosen to attend a special astronaut training program. He tells the story of what happened next.

7. www.nbcnews.com › news › nbcblkEd Dwight, who was to be the first Black astronaut, is ...

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   Feb 9, 2024 · The new documentary “The Space Race,” chronicles the stories of Black astronauts — and their first pioneer, 90-year-old Ed Dwight.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/19 › scienceEd Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black ...

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   May 19, 2024 · Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

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   Who was Ed Dwight?

   • VAN HORN, Texas — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps. But he wasn’t picked for the 1963 class.

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   Was Ed Dwight the first African American in space?

   • Ed Dwight Was Going to Be the First African American in Space. Until He Wasn’t Captain Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African American selected as a potential astronaut, looks over a model of Titan rockets in November 1963. Bettmann Archive / Getty Images In the early 1960s, U.S. Air Force pilot Ed Dwight was drowning in mail.

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   How old was Edward Dwight when he went to space?

   • At 90 years old, Edward Dwight became the oldest person to ever go to space on Sunday. He had been expected to become the first Black astronaut, but was passed over for the historic spaceflights of the 1960s. Chris Pizzello/Invision, via Associated Press

   Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut

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   How did Ed Dwight become an astronaut?

   • Ed Dwight in January 1962. Dwight accepted the invitation, and was sent to the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California to begin training. The most successful trainees would be chosen to become astronauts. "I had never faced competition like that," Dwight said of the training.

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10. www.nbcnews.com › science › spaceEd Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, becomes ...

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    May 20, 2024 · Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps. But he wasn’t picked for the 1963 class.