Ed Dwight, first African American candidate for space travel, takes off 60 years later

The US' first African American astronaut candidate Ed Dwight , 90, has flown into space for the first time.NASA did not select black astronauts until 1978.

However, he was not picked for the 1963 class, which included eventual Gemini and Apollo astronauts, including Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Their ticket prices were not disclosed. Mr Dwight's seat was sponsored in part by the non-profit organisation Space for Humanity. On the planet's most remote continent, a deadly virus is leaving a 'trail of destruction' that has scientists on edgePolice ask prosecutors to suspend inquiry into William Tyrrell's former foster motherIt would take almost 46 hours to read every privacy policy you agree to in a month.

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