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July 11, 2012

Africa Joins the Race for Space

Meredith Baker, BBC News

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As the US space programme loses momentum with the retirement of the space shuttle, those of Ghana and Nigeria are just taking off. Though neither country has yet launched people into orbit, both are utilising the technology they have developed from their space agencies to help people on the ground.

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