Meet the afronauts: Hilarious pictures poke fun at infamous Zambian space programme which never quite got off the groundBy Daily Mail ReporterPUBLISHED: 05:30, 26 April 2012 | UPDATED: 11:51, 26 April 2012 Comments 73 ShareThese cheeky pictures were produced to celebrate the infamous Zambian space programme of the 1960s, which never quite took off.In 1964, at the very height of the Space Race, Zambian grade-school science teacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso announced he was creating a national space programme.He claimed he would beat both the Soviets and the United States by launching a rocket that would send twelve astronauts and ten cats to Mars.
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