Lets take you back to April 25, 2002 when South Africa made space history. Take a listen to this story broadcast on SAfm on that historic day..

OUTRO: That story was introduced on SAfm by then presenter John Perlman on April 25, 2002. Mark Shuttleworth flew to the International Space Station as a member of the crew of Soyuz mission TM34, after a year of training in Star City, Russia. He spent approximately 20 million US dollars of his own money to buy a seat on the Russian spacecraft as a space tourist. Shuttleworth spent eight days aboard the space station, where he conducted scientific experiments for South Africa. He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-33 on May 5, 2002.