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Ed Dwight was almost the first Black astronaut. Now 90, he's telling his story
That fabled astronaut breeding ground ... Much of his work is of great figures from Black history, such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Barack Obama. Several of his sculptures have flown ...
Black Marylanders to Watch 2025: Jeanette J. Epps, NASA astronaut
Jeanette J. Epps has been a trailblazer for NASA, setting an agency record with her entire crew in October for the most time ...
Black astronauts say 90-year-old Ed Dwight's 1st trip to space was 'justice'
Kennedy tapped him to be the nation's first Black astronaut candidate to the elite ... before becoming a sculptor of historic ...
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Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May
Related: Peggy Whitson: Record-holding astronaut Whitson's fellow 2025 Hall of Fame classmate also holds a spacewalk record. Bernard Harris became the first Black astronaut to perform an EVA ...
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Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May
Related: Peggy Whitson: Record-holding astronaut Whitson's fellow 2025 Hall of Fame classmate also holds a spacewalk record. Bernard Harris became the first Black astronaut to perform an EVA ...