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collectSPACE.com — Ed Dwight has finally made it to space, more than 60 years after he made headlines as the United States' first Black astronaut.
The now 90-year-old retired Air Force Captain lifted off on Sunday, May 19, 2024 on Blue Origin's 25th New Shepard sub-orbital mission. Launching with five other passengers at 9:35 a.m. CDT (1435 GMT) from the company's West Texas facility, Dwight reached 65.8 miles (105.9 km) high, qualifying him as an astronaut based on altitude standards originally set by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world's governing body for human spaceflight records, and recognized by the Association of Space Explorers.
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collectSPACE.com — Ed Dwight has finally made it to space, more than 60 years after he made headlines as the United States' first Black astronaut.
The now 90-year-old retired Air Force Captain lifted off on Sunday, May 19, 2024 on Blue Origin's 25th New Shepard sub-orbital mission. Launching with five other passengers at 9:35 a.m. CDT (1435 GMT) from the company's West Texas facility, Dwight reached 65.8 miles (105.9 km) high, qualifying him as an astronaut based on altitude standards originally set by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world's governing body for human spaceflight records, and recognized by the Association of Space Explorers.
Continue reading: collectspace.com/news/news-051924a-blue-origin-ns25-ed-dwight-black-astronaut.html
Video credit: Blue Origin. Used with permission.
![[NASA] Meet Orion: The Launch Abort System](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DTsHiB85jCg/mqdefault.jpg "[NASA] Meet Orion: The Launch Abort System
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Meet Orion: The Launch Abort System
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![Air Force X-37B OTV-4 Landing [Profile]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EXyKldFZh-4/mqdefault.jpg "Air Force X-37B OTV-4 Landing [Profile]
http://collectSPACE.com — The Air Forces X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 landed at NASA s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 2017. Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B program is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft that performs risk reduction, experimentation and concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies.
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