Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers

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 & Barbuda (and Caribbean)[1][2][3][4] and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space. Their Galactic 02 launch occurred on 10 August 2023. Anastatia, at 18, is the second youngest person to have gone into space using the United States definition of the boundary of space.[1][3][4]

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