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Balloon Juice - Open Thread: Coloradoan Ed Dwight Makes History Again With Space Flight

Ed Dwight, KCK native and retired U.S. Air Force Captain, finally reaches space at age 90

After waiting 60 years for his shot, a 90-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man is finally an astronaut.

Ed Dwight, KCK native and retired U.S. Air Force Captain, finally reaches space at age 90

After waiting 60 years for his shot, a 90-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man is finally an astronaut.

90-year-old KCK native is taking off to space, 60 years later

Ed Dwight Jr. is expected to be part of the six-passenger crew on Blue Origin’s seventh human flight, New Shepard-25.

He hoped to be the first Black astronaut in space, but never made it. Now 90, he's going.

In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.