Lesotho's first Olympian went to space in a photographSourced
A sprint at the 1972 Olympics.
Its image traveled on Voyager.
A photograph of Motsapi Moorosi, Lesotho's first Olympian, running at the Munich Games was included on the Voyager Golden Record. The record launched aboard the spacecraft in 1977 as a portrait of life on Earth.
One race became
part of Earth's introduction.
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