He was popular among many, including former President John F. Kennedy — who wanted to send a Black astronaut into space. Dwight recalled the first time he learned he may get to go to space.

That fabled astronaut breeding ground, the site of "The Right Stuff," might have turned Dwight into one of the most famous Americans and the first Black man in space. But at Edwards, Dwight was ...

Sponsor Message While he was in training, Dwight received an onslaught of attention from Black magazines. "The first classes of astronauts were white male astronauts," said Laurens Grant ...

Ed Dwight told himself the same story for decades: It didn’t matter that he never made it into space. Dwight was the first Black man selected for an American astronaut-training program in 1962.

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.

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally flew into space 60 years later with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin. Dwight, an Air Force pilot, was championed by President ...

That fabled astronaut breeding ground, site of “The Right Stuff,” might have turned Dwight into one of the most famous Americans and the first Black man in space. But at Edwards, Dwight was ...

Dwight was the first Black man selected for an American astronaut-training program in 1962. He had spent years at Edwards Air Force Base in California doing zero-gravity training, running test ...