A student at a Scots university, who will become the second-youngest person to travel into space, has met her pilot - a man who is the first ever Scottish astronaut
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The pair had plenty to talk about as they discussed their Scottish links, with Anastatia currently studying at the University of Aberdeen, and Dave, from Helmsdale in the Highlands, being the first Scot to visit space. Top news stories today Both Antiguan-born and raised, Keisha and Anastatia will also make history as the first mother and daughter-duo to fly to space, and the first astronauts from the Caribbean. Anastatia will also become the second astronaut to have studied at the University of Aberdeen.
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