Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut ... pilot completed an elite training program that, for many white men, led to NASA’s Astronaut Corps. But Dwight was never selected and left the ...

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

The solution was to train a Black astronaut. The White House began searching for a Black pilot with all of the qualifications. It landed on Ed Dwight. “I had to be talked into it,” he said.

Narrator: What do Neil Armstrong, Ed White, and today's ISS astronauts ... That basic color has saved countless astronaut lives. NASA didn't always have white spacesuits. Their very first manned ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Edward Dwight Jr. was an ace combat pilot with a top aeronautics degree and 2,000 flying hours under his belt. In 1962, he was announced as a candidate to become America’s first black astronaut.