DJ set to be first black African in space killed in bike crash 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Agence France-PresseA 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, his family announced Sunday. 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 103-kilometres (64 miles) into space in 2013 in a competition organised by a US-based space academy. He died in a motocycle accident on Saturday, according to a family statement cited by local media. He spent a week at the Kennedy Space Academy in Florida where he skydived and undertook air combat and G-force training.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 08, 2019 01:30 UTC