It’s a trip he’s waited over six decades to take. At 90 years and 8 months old, Ed Dwight is officially the oldest person ever to fly to space.

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.

Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra) ...

Ed Dwight celebrates as he emerges from a Blue Origin capsule after becoming the oldest person to fly into space.

Ninety-year-old becomes oldest person to go to space Ed Dwight had to wait more than 60 years to fulfil his ambition to go to space.

Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old sculptor from Denver, has become America's first Black astronaut and the oldest to fly into space. Explore his journey of 60 years.

An elated Ed Dwight, at 90 the oldest person to fly in space, shows his emotion after finally reaching space more than 60 years after he was denied the opportunity to become the first African ...

This Friday, morning meteorologist Nicole Phillips found the inspirational story of Ed Dwight, who just became the oldest person to ever go into space at 90 years old.

THE UPCOMING Blue Origin NS-25 mission will include former US Air Force Captain Ed Dwight. At the age of 90, Dwight will become the first Black astronaut candidate to fly to space.

Ed Dwight, the first black man to train to be an astronaut in the 1960s, will finally be going to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle at age 90.

On Sunday, the 90-year-old became the oldest person to go to space. The Blue Origin spacecraft took a six-person crew to the edge of space before parachuting them back to Earth.