'Black In Space' Explores NASA's Small Steps And Giant Leaps Toward Equality

A new documentary centers on Edward Dwight, the first African American selected as a potential astronaut in 1963 for Aerospace Research Pilot School.

A new documentary looks at America’s struggle to send its first black astronaut to space. “It would’ve been fantastic if we saw Ed Dwight walking on the moon,” says black astronaut Robert Satcher.

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Source: NPR Space News