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Source: Space Frontiers / Getty UPDATED: 5 p.m. ET, Oct. 21, 2024 — Monday marks the birthday of the lone Black astronaut aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger

Ed Dwight, 90, who became America’s first Black astronaut candidate under John F. Kennedy’s presidency has finally made it to outer space more than 60 years later. He

Source: The Washington Post / Getty America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream to travel to space. According to AP, Ed Dwight rocketed into