Astronauts

African governments, including South Africa’s, are investing in elaborate space programmes, and some interesting results are beginning to emerge “Africa’s space industry is undergoing a renaissance,” says Temidayo Oniosun, Founder of…

As Earth grew ever smaller below his spacecraft, Apollo 10 commander Tom Stafford made an unusual request to mission control. The year was 1969, and his vessel was the first to be equipped with a color camera, which was beaming live…