In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but he never got his chance to go to the Moon.
He said he's now living out that once-denied dream vicariously through Victor Glover, who is set to make history on the Artemis 2 Moon mission that could take off as soon as Wednesday.
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