How Katy Perry and Blue Origin's all-female crew are preparing for space
The countdown is on for an all-female crew, headlined by singer Katy Perry, to blast off to space on a Blue Origin rocket.
Hosted on MSN10mon
Ed Dwight trained to be the first Black astronaut. Decades later, he finally made it to space.
This weekend, at 90 years old, he launched alongside five others in Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket system. He emerged from the capsule after landing and thrust both fists into the air.
Hosted on MSN10mon
Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air ...
BBC10mon
Decades after training, 90-year-old finally goes to space on Blue Origin flight
Ed Dwight had to wait more than 60 years to fulfil his ambition to go to space. In 1961, he was chosen by then US President John F Kennedy as the first black astronaut candidate in the country.
Star Tribune10mon
Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later
Dwight, now 90, 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.