Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday.

Dwight, 90, became the oldest person to travel to space on board Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin capsule on Sunday.

First Black man who trained as astronaut finally going to space at 90 on Bezos rocket Ed Dwight will become the oldest person to fly in space ...

Ed Dwight, who was supposed to be the first Black man to go to space in the 1960s is now the oldest man to ever go to space at 90.

Dwight went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight.

Dwight went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight.