Zimbabwe, a country in southern Africa, is setting its sights on outer space. The nation’s National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) has announced an exciting plan to work with Russia to build a spaceport and train its first astronaut. If all goes well, Zimbabwe hopes to launch its own rocket into space within the next ten years.

Painos Gweme, the director of ZINGSA, shared this bold vision in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS. He revealed that Zimbabwe has already start...