Afronauts: Zambia's Unofficial Space Program | Nov. 1964

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Published on Jan 22, 2022
November 1964.

Footage of an interview with Edward Nkoloso, the self-appointed Head of the Zambian "National Academy of Science, Space Research and Astronomical Research" (later styled the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy).

An ex-colonial soldier and then an anti-colonial activist prior to Northern Rhodesia's independence as Zambia, Nkoloso commenced "training" for a mission to the moon which he claimed could be achieved the following year subject to two factors: funding and rocket fuel.

Training took place at what Nkoloso termed the "Zambia Space Academy", an abandoned farmhouse near the capital city of Lusaka. This was earmarked as the launching site of a 10-foot oil drum-shaped rocket which was made of aluminium and copper.

Source of footage: Reuters News Archive.

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