Africa.com is happy to current Africa, Meet 7 Black Astronauts! The free, digital occasion options seven Black NASA astronauts. Scheduled for March 18, 2025, this inspiring occasion invitations college students, educators, and curious minds from throughout Africa and past to listen to firsthand from trailblazing astronauts who’ve made historical past in area exploration.
Co-hosted by Africa.com and the Pupil Sponsorship Programme (SSP), the occasion highlights the transformative energy of STEM (Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Arithmetic) training and provides a uncommon alternative to interact straight with a few of the most completed astronauts of our time.
Meet the 7 Featured Astronauts:
- Dr. Robert L. Satcher Jr. – NASA astronaut, orthopedic surgeon, and the primary orthopedic surgeon in area
- Capt. Winston E. Scott – NASA astronaut, naval aviator, and veteran of a number of spacewalks
- Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. – NASA astronaut, former NASA Administrator, and area shuttle commander
- Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. – NASA astronaut, doctor, and the primary Black American to carry out a spacewalk
- Joan E. Higginbotham – NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew aboard House Shuttle Discovery
- Col. Frederick D. Gregory – NASA astronaut and the primary African American to pilot and command an area shuttle mission
- Capt. Robert L. Curbeam Jr. – Veteran NASA astronaut with three spaceflights and 7 spacewalks
Inspiring Africa’s Subsequent Era of Scientists and Engineers
“As Africa advances in expertise and innovation, we should put money into inspiring younger minds to dream huge,” stated Teresa Clarke, Chair and CEO of Africa.com. “The occasion brings collectively seven pioneering Black astronauts whose careers exemplify perseverance, training, and ambition. We hope their tales will ignite the fervour of Africa’s future scientists, engineers, and expertise trailblazers.”
This live-streamed occasion is open to all and can function partaking discussions on the astronauts’ experiences in area, the challenges they overcame, and the essential position of STEM training in shaping the way forward for exploration. Attendees may even have the chance to submit questions, making this an interactive and provoking expertise.
Occasion Particulars:
Date: March 18, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM (SAST, UTC +2)
Registration: on-line.africa.com/meet-the-astronauts
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Africa.com invitations college students, educators, curious minds, and expertise trailblazers to take part on this historic occasion. Whether or not you dream of turning into an astronaut, an engineer, or a scientist, Africa, Meet 7 Black Astronauts! will encourage and empower you to achieve for the celebs.
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Sokhu Sibiya, Sr. Editor, Africa.com
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