Edward Joseph Dwight Jr
Edward Joseph Dwight Jr is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the private agency Blue Origin, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
In 1961, Ed was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to enter training at the Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS), an elite U.S. Air Force flight training program known as a pathway for entering the NASA Astronaut Corps. In 1963, after successfully completing the ARPS program, Ed was recommended by the U.S. Air Force for the NASA Astronaut Corps but ultimately was not among those selected. He entered private life in 1966 and spent a decade as an entrepreneur before dedicating his life’s work to using sculpture as a medium to tell the story of Black history. He’s spent the last five decades creating large-scale monuments of iconic Black figures, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, among many others. His more than 130 public works are installed in museums and public spaces across the U.S. and Canada. Ed was born in 1933 and raised in Kansas City, KS.
- Date of Birth: 09/09/1933
- Status: Occasional Spaceflight
- First Flight: 05/19/2024
- Last Flight: 05/19/2024
- In Space: No
