27 April 2002
On this day, the continent’s first astronaut, Mark Shuttleworth, spoke with President Thabo Mbeki via video call – from space.[1]
End Notes
[1] A leap forward, Mbeki tells Mark, http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/A-leap-forward-Mbeki-tells-Mark-20020427 (8 April 2017). ↵
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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