Edward Mukuka Nkoloso | |
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| Born | Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso 1919 |
| Died | 4 March 1989 (aged 69–70) |
| Nationality | Zambian |
| Alma mater | University of Zambia |
| Occupation(s) | Director, national academy of science Resistance member |
| Awards | Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1984) |
| Space career | |
Previous occupation | Resistance member, teacher |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Retirement | 1972 |
Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso (1919–1989) was a member of the Zambian resistance movement and the founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy. He was especially famous for attempting a space programme and its "Afronauts" have been the subject of subsequent art works and documentaries.[1]