{"id":14,"date":"2024-06-20T07:54:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T07:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=14"},"modified":"2024-06-20T07:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T07:54:40","slug":"nigeria-to-send-first-civilian-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/nigeria-to-send-first-civilian-to-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria To Send First Civilian to Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria To Send First Civilian to Space<\/p>\n

Nigeria is making a move to send its first citizen into space. The country says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. firm, Space
\nExploration and Research Agency (SERA).<\/p>\n

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The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Abuja, the federal capital. It was facilitated by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) on behalf of the Government.<\/p>\n

Director-General of NASRDA, Dr Matthew Adepoju said the move was part of the agency\u2019s mandate to promote human space flight as part of the National Space Policy and Programme.<\/p>\n

Dr. Adepoju said the agency was commited to sending a Nigerian into space, a feat he described as a historic achievement for the country.y<\/p>\n

Co-founder of SERA, Mr Sam Hutchison said the process of application would be open to anybody in Nigeria who is up to 18 years of age. He said<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will be able to sign up and then encourage others to vote for you.
\nThe selection process will be managed via the SERA platform, ensuring transparency and wide participation.<\/p>\n

He said the programme is to raise awareness among young people in Nigeria, showing them that if they pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), they can go to space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are billions of dollars being invested in the commercial development of in-space activities, and Nigeria should be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOURCE: swifteradio.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria To Send First Civilian to Space Nigeria is making a move to send its first citizen into space. The country says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. firm, Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA).   The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Abuja, the federal capital. It was facilitated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}