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The Dwight Stuff: Black would-be astronaut Ed Dwight on 'The Space Race,' and missed opportunity
USA TODAY via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoEd Dwight is featured in NatGeo's "The Space Race," a NatGeo film now streaming on Hulu and Disney+....
Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoEd Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. “My first flight was the...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched six tourists, including the first Black man to...
First Black man who trained as astronaut finally going to space at 90 on Bezos rocket
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoEd Dwight, the first Black man to train to be an astronaut, never ended up making it to space 60...
‘The Space Race’ brings an out-of-this-world perspective to Black History Month
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoThe annual influx of Black History Month programming yields an out-of-this-world documentary in “The...
The Untold Story of Black Astronauts Finally Gets Spotlight
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/National Geographic and Getty ImagesWith their...