90-year-old former American pilot launches Blue Origin spacecraft… accident only 2 years later

, “A former pilot who had failed to become the first African American astronaut due to racial discrimination finally journeyed beyond Earth on a private spacecraft by a civilian company and safely returned.”,
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, “Blue Origin, a U.S. space exploration company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, saw its New Shepard spacecraft with six passengers perform a journey into space and return to Earth on the 19th (local time).”,
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, “The passengers reached an altitude of 105.7km, surpassing the boundary between Earth and space known as the Karman Line at 100km, according to Blue Origin.”,
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, “This space flight included 90-year-old Ed Dwight, who was the first African American astronaut candidate to undergo spaceflight training in the 1960s.”,

, “Blue Origin resumed its spaceflight business two years after the rocket explosion accident in 2022.”,
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, “[Photo source: AFP= Yonhap News / Screenshot from Blue Origin webcam live broadcast]”,
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