90-year-old Ed Dwight finally goes to space

[Kyng]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/arti...-candidate


(Source: Blue Origin / Above article)

Sixty-one years since he was selected but ultimately passed over to become the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight finally reached space in a Blue Origin rocket – and set a different record.

At 10.37am on Sunday, Jeff Bezos’s space company launched its NS-25 mission from west Texas, marking Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight since 2022 when its New Shepard rocket was grounded due to a mid-flight failure.

On board were six crew members, including Dwight, a retired US air force captain who at 90 years old now becomes the oldest person to reach the edge of space.

In 1961, Dwight was chosen by President John F Kennedy to train as an astronaut at the Aerospace Research Pilot School, but was ultimately not selected for the Nasa Astronaut Corps.

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Nice to see . While he may have missed out on the historic milestone of becoming the first Black astronaut, he did eventually manage to break a record by becoming the oldest person to reach the edge of space !

Better late than never, I guess .

[~ True Legend ~]

At least he achieved his dream ! 
He’s also helping the diversity stats with both the age and race - we can give him that !