Ed Dwight, the US’s first African American astronaut candidate, has flown into space
Ed Dwight was able to enter space 60 years after being rejected as an astronaut candidate. Image source: Reid Wiseman, via NASA Ed Dwight has flown into space for the first time after being selected as an astronaut candidate 60 years ago. Formerly a US Air Force pilot, Dwight, contemporary of Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin…