Owolabi Salis, a politician and lawyer, has become the first Nigerian to travel to space.
Salis was aboard the Blue Originโs NS-33 mission, which took off from West Texas on Sunday, June 29.
The 10-minute flight, which crossed the Kรกrmรกn line also had Carl Kuehner, Jim Sitkin, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno Jr., and Allie Kuehner on board.
It reached a peak altitude of 105.2 kilometres.
Salis, before embarking on the trip, said that the mission was โmore than just a trip into spaceโ.
He described it as a โspiritual journey, a call to inspire future generationsโ.
Salis has previously entered the history books as the first Black African to travel to both the Arctic and Antarctic in the same season.
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