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Early Saturday, September 23, 2006, a seventeen-year-old Nigerian student, Stella Felix, experienced a privileged space flight. As another Nigerian prepares to embark on a similar adventure tomorrow, Abimbola Akosile puts things in their proper place

A year ago, 17-year-old Nigerian girl, Stella Felix, was supposed to have become Nigerias equivalent of Yuri Gagarin of the now defunct USSR who went into space in 1961the first human to do so. In fact, Felix also became the equivalent of Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, both Americans, who journeyed beyond the earths atmosphere in 1962.
Generously, Felix was celebrated as the first Nigerian, some said the first African, to go into space. The enthusiasm and jubilation overwhelmed the nation. She was hosted by the Federal Government and celebrated in the Nigerian media for this feat. At last, a Nigerian had joined the elite club of space travellers.
But, wait a minute
Stella did not go anywhere near space.

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A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre on Saturday.

Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.
She will fly at an altitude of 10km on G-Force One, before dropping, giving a minute of weightlessness.
These parabolic flights on board a Boeing 727 are used as a training exercise for astronauts - and have been given the nickname the "vomit comet". They do not leave the atmosphere but simulate the experience of being in space.

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