The vehicle was made to carry humans and customer payloads to theedge of space.

Everyone needs to do this!

I didnt know I needed this in my life, but now I need it in my life.

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I want a whole jar of that.

I want to go into orbit.

I want to go around the Earth and see the whole Earth.

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

Thats what I want to do now.

Theyd say to me, Hey kid, would you clean my airplane?

Ill give you a dime,' Dwight shared the memories.

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

But he wanted more than that, he wanted to fly.

It all changed when he accidentally saw in a newspaper an image of a Black pilot in Korea.

Oh my God, theyre letting Black people fly, Dwight thought back then.

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

I went straight to the recruitment office and said, I want to fly.

My first flight was the mostexhilarating thingin the world.

There were no streets or stop signs up there.

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

You were free as a bird.

Some of it came to my mother in Kansas City.

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space

90 Y.O. Ed Dwight Became The Oldest Person And 21st African-American Man To Go To Space