The first South African space tourist was Mark Shuttleworth. He was the first from an African country to travel into space.
Mark Shuttleworth is an entrepreneur out of South Africa with dual citizenship in South Africa and the United Kingdom. He founded Canonical Ltd. and was the first citizen from an independent African country to travel into space as a tourist.
In 2001 Dennis Tito became the first "Space Tourist".
A total of 7 space tourist have flown in space 8 times: American Denis Titov in 2001. South African Mark Shuttleworth in 2002. American Gregory Olsen in 2005. Iranian Anousheh Ansari in 2006 Hungarian Charles Simonyi in 2007 and 2009. American Richard Garriott in 2008. Canadian Guy Laliberté in 2009.
South African National Space Agency was created in 2010.
Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to go into space when flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.
No, Mark Shuttleworth has not been to the moon. He is a South African entrepreneur who is known for being the second self-funded space tourist, traveling to the International Space Station in 2002 aboard a Russian spacecraft.
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Rakesh Sharma was the first indian who was the space traveller.
No space tourist went into space until 2001.In April 28th 2001, Dennis Anthony Tito was the first space tourist.
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The first African in space was Mark Shuttleworth, a South African entrepreneur who flew aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-34 spacecraft in April 2002. His journey made him the first African to travel to space, where he spent eight days on the International Space Station (ISS) conducting scientific research. Shuttleworth's mission was notable not only for its significance in terms of representation but also for promoting space exploration in Africa.
Guion Bluford was the first African American to go into space.