90-year-old Ed Dwight, the first US Black astronaut candidate, broke the record for the oldest person in space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight.

90-year-old Ed Dwight, the first US Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s, broke the record for the oldest person in space on a Blue Origin launch from West Texas. Dwight and five other passengers experienced a 10-minute suborbital flight, reaching 65.7 miles above Earth's atmosphere. This marks the resumption of Blue Origin's space tourism operations, following a rocket mishap in 2022.

May 19, 2024
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