Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he'd often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most ...

Dwight went on Blue Origin's 25th mission with New Shepard along with Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller and Gopi Thotakura. American Edward J. Dwight Jr., the first Black ...

In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but he never got his chance to go to the Moon. He said he's now living out that once-denied dream vicariously through Victor Glover, ...

A remarkable Coloradan - and an American pioneer - celebrated his 92nd birthday in September. Ed Dwight was the first Black man to be selected for astronaut training more than 60 years ago. And six ...

Ed Dwight was born in Kansas City, 1933. It wasn’t wealth or privilege that earned him a shot at his dreams, but rather an anything-is-possible, never-give-up attitude called an undeniable spirit, and ...

Ed Dwight celebrates as he exits the Mission NS-25 crew capsule, upon landing near the Blue Origin base near Van Horn, Texas, May 19, 2024. automation Hours after his historic first trip to space, ...

In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but he never got his chance to go to the Moon. The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.