Ed Dwight, now 90, went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight. 'I thought I really didn't need this in my life,' Dwight said shortly after exiting the capsule. 'But, now, I need it in my life...I am ecstatic.'
The brief flight from West Texas made Dwight the new record-holder for oldest person in space, nearly two months older than Star Trek actor William Shatner was when he went up in 2021. It was Blue Origin's first crew launch in nearly two years.
Dwight, a sculptor from Denver, was joined by four business entrepreneurs from the U.S. and France and a retired accountant. Their ticket prices were not disclosed; Dwight's seat was sponsored in part by the nonprofit Space for Humanity.
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