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Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut

19 May 2024 at 18:34
Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

Β© Blue Origin, via Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

Edward Dwight was one of six people who went to space aboard the Mission NS-25 crew capsule from Blue Origin on Sunday. Upon exiting, he raised his arm and said, β€œLong time coming.”

UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack

Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large β€” with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care β€” that the effects of the hack were outsize.

Β© Ting Shen for The New York Times

Andrew Witty, the chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, acknowledged before the Senate Finance Committee that hackers had found a weakness in its cybersecurity that forced the shutdown of a vast billing and payments system.
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