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Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space.
Ed Dwight could've been the first Black astronaut. The trail he blazed didn’t make it to space, but it got others there.
America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to outer space 60-plus years later—and he's the oldest person to do so.
The story told in NatGeo’s “The Space Race” is one that is little known: Black citizens’ contribution to space flights. It’s a history that began in 1959 when a mostly still-segregated ...
A new doc exploring the history of the first Black astronauts debuted recently at Tribeca Film Festival.
More than 60 years after he was selected but ultimately passed over to become this country’s first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight finally made it to space. He flew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard ...
National Geographic's documentary “The Space Race” chronicles the stories of Black astronauts — and their first pioneer, Ed Dwight.
Ed Dwight, who was America's first Black astronaut candidate in the 1960s, finally experienced space travel at the age of 90. Dwight was part of a Blue Origin flight.
The first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk has been added to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. is being inducted into NASA’s Astronaut Hall of Fame on Friday, May 31 He made history in 1995, becoming the first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk "To be part of the ...
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other ...
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other ...