Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’s cock-shaped rocket ship launched from West Texas on Sunday, carrying Ed Dwight, NASA’s first ever Black astronaut candidate into orbit, into space for the first time after Dwight was passed over for a mission in the early 1960s, ABC News reports.
At 90 years and 253 days, Dwight is now also the oldest person in space, beating out Star Trek actor William Shatner’s record of 90 years and 206 days set during his Blue Origin flight in October 2021.
Dwight was appointed to the NASA program by President John F Kennedy in 1961 but was never selected for one of the early flights despite being recommended for selection by the US Air Force.