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Anastasia Mayers is an Antiguan and Barbudan university student who is scheduled to become the first Caribbean person in space, along with Keisha Schahaff on 10 August 2023. Mayers is an astrophysics student at Aberdeen University.

Pre-launch
Mayers and her mother were successful in winning seats on the Unity in a public drawing held by Virgin Galactic in 2021. According to Virgin Galactic, who picked a diverse, international crew for its first "private passenger" journey to emphasize how commercial space can open the universe to everyone, they will be the first people from a Caribbean country to ever travel to space, and the first mother-daughter duo.

Mayers had attended Island Academy in Bendals village, the only international school in Antigua and Barbuda. The trip will be the second commercial space flight for Virgin Galactic. Mayers will also be the second youngest pereson to go to space, at only 18 years old.

Quotes
"Philosophy and physics make an interesting combination, but it expresses both my love for science and my curiosity about how the world works."

- Anastatia Mayers