Ed Dwight, Black astronaut candidate, goes to space 60 years late
VAN HORN, Texas: The first Black American astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight, has at last flown into space, 61 years after not qualifying as a NASA astronaut.
Dwight flew into space on Sunday aboard a Blue Origin space capsule. The company was founded by Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.
Dwight was an Air Force pilot when the Kennedy White House proposed he become a NASA astronaut. However, he was unable to qualify am