In the feature article “Meet Dr. Ave Kludze Jr.: The first Ghanian and African to command a NASA spacecraft in Orbit,” Pulse spotlights Dr. Ave Kludze Jr.’s journey from growing up in a suburb of Accra, Ghana, to moving to the United States and becoming the first Ghanian and African to command and control a NASA spacecraft in orbit. Kludze holds a doctorate in systems engineering from GW Engineering and has earned several awards from NASA for his contributions.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Kludze went on to command missions including ACE, SAMPEX, GRO, and the CALIPSO environmental satellite in 2006, a joint NASA-CNES mission to study clouds and aerosols. In total, he controlled at least five distinct spacecraft in orbit.”
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