Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut

Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/science/space/ed-dwight-black-astronaut-space-flight-blue-origin.html