Ed Dwight, the United States’ first-ever Black astronaut candidate, has finally traveled to space — and at the remarkable age of 90, he has become the oldest man to do so.

Dwight was one of six individuals aboard Blue Origin’s seventh human space flight on Sunday, May 19, according to a news release from Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company.

The 90-year-old was a member of the 1963 class of astronauts, which also included Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

But despite being selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate, Blue Origin said Dwight “never had the opportunity” to venture into space until now.

Sunday’s flight to space took off for its first flight in two years around 10:37 a.m. local time from west Texas.

Footage from the flight, shared by Blue Origin, showed the seven-person crew in awe as they cruised around the Earth in their spacecraft. Dwight could be seen giggling with glee as he took in the sights around him.

After landing, Dwight called the nearly 10-minute flight a “life-changing experience.”

“I thought I really didn’t need this in my life,” he explained. “But, now, I need it in my life…. I am ecstatic.”

Dwight now holds the world record for oldest individual to travel to space, topping Star Trek actor William Shatner by only a few months.

Guion Bluford became the first African American to visit space in 1983 — about five years after NASA began selecting Black astronauts in 1978.

This was Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to space since 2022, when the New Shepard rocket was grounded following an in-flight failure.

Also aboard Sunday’s flight were venture capitalist Mason Angel, entrepreneur Kenneth Hess, aviator Gopi Thotakura, retired accountant Carol Schaller, and Sylvain Chiron, the founder of a French craft brewery, as reported by Blue Origin.

New Shepard has now flown 37 people into space, according to Blue Origin.