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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ed_DwightEd Dwight - Wikipedia

    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.

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

    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.

  3. www.bbc.com › 20240530-ed-dwight-a-space-pioneer-who-finally-became-an-astronautEd Dwight: A space pioneer who finally became an astronaut - BBC

    May 30, 2024 · Ed Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the way. In 2024, at the age of 90, he finally got his chance to go into orbit.

  4. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › ed-dwight-the-first-black-astronautEd Dwight, the First Black Astronaut Candidate in the U.S.,...

    May 20, 2024 · More than 60 years after he became the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight finally flew to space. On Sunday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket carried six people to and...

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  6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › ed-dwight-first-african-american-space-untilEd Dwight Was Going to Be the First African American in Space....

    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...

  7. apnews.com › article › nasa-space-race-ed-dwight-9e87955f10331a2c32ecab6ca033a4afEd Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's...

    Feb 9, 2024 · By JAKE COYLE. Updated 7:09 AM PDT, February 9, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots.

  8. www.npr.org › 2024/05/19 › 125235405290-year-old Ed Dwight, 5 others blast into space aboard Blue...

    May 19, 2024 · Ed Dwight, the man who six decades ago nearly became America's first Black astronaut, made his first trip into space at age 90 on Sunday along with five crewmates aboard Blue...

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

    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.

  10. www.npr.org › 2024/05/25 › nx-s1-4975558Ed Dwight, the U.S.'s first Black astronaut candidate on making...

    May 25, 2024 · NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artist Ed Dwight about his recent trip to space and legacy as America's first Black astronaut candidate.

  11. www.cbsnews.com › news › first-black-astronaut-candidate-now-90-finally-reaches-spaceFirst Black astronaut candidate, now 90, finally reaches space in...

    May 19, 2024 · Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old artist and former Air Force test pilot who was denied a chance to become the first African American astronaut six decades ago, finally rocketed into space on Sunday...

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