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With Katy Perry's all-female spaceflight set to launch on April 14, here's a look at the other celebrities who have flown to space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
Ed Dwight celebrates as he emerges from a Blue Origin capsule after becoming the oldest person to fly into space.
Aged 69, the chemical engineer has already spent more than a year in space. And he’s far from the oldest person to fly beyond the bounds of Earth.
Blue Origin has launched the oldest person, the youngest person and now the youngest woman into space – at least by their metric.
I interviewed Ed Dwight in 1963 when he was set to become the first Black astronaut — and again after his belated triumph.
Dwight, who didn't make it to space until 60 years later, became the oldest person to fly in space after a Blue Origin flight in May 2024.