In 1964, science teacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso founded an unofficial national academy aiming to train Zambian astronauts for missions to the Moon and Mars, making it one of the earliest documented African space initiatives.
Record no. MRB-2026-007081
Site of One of Africa's First Attempted National Space Programs
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