Bike crash kills South African man set to be first 'Afronaut'
by Agence France-Presse from Science | The Guardian on (#4JPNA)
Mandla Maseko, a DJ who won the chance to be the first black African in space, has died in a motorbike accident
A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike crash before turning his dream into reality.
Mandla Maseko, a part-time DJ and candidate officer with the South African air force, was nicknamed "Afronaut" after landing a coveted seat to fly 103km (64 miles) into space in 2013 in a competition organised by a US-based space academy.
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