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South Africa: First Black African Selected to Travel to Space Dies
News24Wire, 7 July 2019
Mandla Maseko, 30, the first black African who would have travelled to space has died, his family confirmed on Sunday. Read more »
South African 'Afronaut' Mandla Maseko Dies Before Reaching Space
Mandla Maseko, the first black African selected to travel to space has died, his family has confirmed. He was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle on Saturday. Maseko, popularly known as Spaceboy and Afronaut, was one of 23 people who won a seat on an hour-long sub-orbital trip sponsored by the Axe Apollo Space Academy in 2014.
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Mandla Maseko will be the first black African to go to space next year after winning a competition organised by a U.S.-based Space Academy. Read more »
