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Anastatia Mayers

Private Spaceflight Participants

Anastatia Mayers is a space tourist from Antigua and Barbuda who, with her mother Keisha Schahaff, became the first citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and of the English-speaking Caribbean to fly to space. The pair flew together on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 02 mission on August 10, 2023, the first mother-and-daughter duo to travel to space together, and Mayers, then 18, became the youngest person to cross the United States' 50-mile definition of the boundary of space. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Astronaut Role
Spaceflight Participant 1
Birth Year
2004 1
Connections

Associated With

Virgin Galactic, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers

Operated By

Virgin Galactic, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers
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Nationality

Antigua and Barbuda

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers
  • Lead and biography, birth date
    Anastatia Mayers (born 2004)
  • Article text, astronaut role
    and Barbudan, who, along with her daughter, Anastatia Mayers (born 2004) are space tourists who are the first citizens from Antigua and Barbuda (and
  • In Group: Space Tourists and Private Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Keisha Schahaff (born 1976 or 1977) is an Antiguan and Barbudan, who, along with her daughter, Anastatia Mayers (born 2004) are space tourists who are the first citizens from Antigua and Barbuda (and English-speaking Caribbean) and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space (Lane Bess and Cameron Bess were the first parent and child (father and son) on the same spaceflight, Blue Origin NS-19).
  • Operated By: Virgin Galactic, Article text: agency link
    In 2021, the duo won tickets for the Galactic 02 launch, typically sold for $450,000, through a drawing held by Virgin Galactic.
  • Associated With: Virgin Galactic, Article text: program or flight link
    Their Galactic 02 launch occurred on 10 August 2023, with an apogee of 55 miles (89 km).
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Wikidata: Anastatia Mayers
Wikidata Q121160788, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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