Ghanaian flag makes debut in outer space

The national flag has made a surprise appearance in outer space when an American Astronaut, Christina Hammock Koch in a post on Twitter reminisced about her experience and time spent in Ghana some 20 years ago.

According to her post via Twitter on Wednesday, December 12, Koch said; “20 years ago, I was studying abroad at the @UnivofGh. Like spaceflight, it was a positive, life-changing, perspective-deepening experience. Seeing the beauty of Ghana from space reminds me of the amazing people I met there and how in exploring the world, we learn about ourselves.”

The post on Twitter currently has over 1,000 retweets and numerous responses.

Christina Hammock Koch was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2013 after she completed her astronaut candidate training in July 2015.

She then graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Physics and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

In June 2013, Koch was selected as one of eight members of the 21st NASA astronaut class. Her Astronaut Candidate Training included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in International Space Station systems, spacewalks, robotics, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training.

She was then assigned to her first space flight, a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, in 2018.