"I just got back from outer space," said Ed Dwight. "Waited a long time for it ... he got over the weekend to step into a capsule and travel into space. "It's more than righting a wrong.

Ed Dwight has officially made ... first human flight in nearly two years, which Dwight was onboard for — making him the oldest person to go to space at age 90, according to ABC News.

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos' rocket company on Sunday.

Ed Dwight Jr. was the first African American to be trained as an astronaut. In 1962, Dwight was selected for astronaut training at the urging of the Kennedy Administration.

Years before Katy Perry boarded a Blue Origin rocket to go to space, a 90-year-old acting ... later broken by retired U.S. Air Force pilot Ed Dwight. Upon return to Earth, Shatner wrote about ...