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Sara Sabry is the founder and executive director of the Deep Space Initiative (DSI), a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing accessibility and opportunity in the space field. Photo supplied

Sara Sabry beat doubters to become Africa’s first female astronaut and space pioneer

Sabry was told that engineering would be too difficult for her to study. She is now a PhD student in aerospace sciences and is conducting research at the Nasa-funded Human Spaceflight Lab

  • Sheree Bega
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