A 90-year-old former Air Force captain broke a record when he was launched into space Sunday morning on Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight in nearly two years.Ed Dwight, whose Blue Origin bio states he was born in 1933 and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, described Sunday's flight as a 'life-changing' experience.Dwight was one of six people on board, joining Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller and Gopi Thotakura for the trip.
'Newsweek reached out via email on Sunday to representatives for Dwight and Blue Origin for comment.Blue Origin, the space travel company founded by Jeff Bezos, has flown 37 people – including Sunday's crew – into space on its New Shepard rocket.The spaceflight made Dwight, a former Air Force captain turned sculptor, the oldest person to go to space.