The first black African heading into space is a young DJ from SA.

A 25-year-old DJ from a South African township is set to become the first black African to go into space.

Mandla Maseko is one of 23 people who won a seat on an hour-long sub-orbital trip in 2015. He has beaten about one million other people to get his spot in the team.

Mandla applied for the program, just like millions of contenders from around the world.

At the first stage, on national level, he had to answer a couple of theoretical questions, and to explain why he wanted to go into space.

Then he was invited for a series for complicated trials and physical tests. He made it into top three, and was flown to Orlando in Florida on December 1, 2013, where there were 109 competitors from around the globe.

The picture below shows the Lynx Suborbital Vehicle. It will take Maseko and the other winners into space.

The tests continued in the USA for some weeks, and finally the judges made their decision.

Speaking about his plans after the trip to space, the lucky winner said:

The winners of the competition with Buzz Aldrin, who has walked on the moon, are pictured below:

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Source: Legit.ng