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. 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. Black People, Dwight, Ed (1933- ), Private Spaceflight, Race and Ethnicity, Space and Astronomy, Blue Origin, Pilots, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Air Force, Texas, United States, California, Angel, Mason, Chiron, Sylvain, Hess, Kenneth L., Thotakura, Gopi, Schaller, Carol NYT > Science
Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut
