VAN HORN, Texas — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with ... new record-holder for oldest person in space — nearly ...

open image in gallery Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, pictured in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra ...

Ed Dwight, NASA’s first Black astronaut candidate during the Space Race, became the oldest ... test flights in December 2023, and Sunday’s flight was the company’s first with people on ...

VAN HORN, Texas — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket ... Texas made Dwight the new record-holder for ...