{"id":117015,"date":"2026-04-11T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:02:40","slug":"president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","title":{"rendered":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut Christina Koch on her historic membership of the Artemis II mission.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a point of immense pride to learn that Christina, the only woman on this pioneering lunar mission, was once an exchange student at our very own University of Ghana during the 1999\/2000 academic year,\u201d President Mahama said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer time at Legon was not just a passing visit; she truly immersed herself in our culture and heritage,\u201d the President stated further.<\/p>\n<p>He said by studying the History of Ghana, the History of Africa, Rural Sociology, Music, and even Twi for Beginners, she built a foundation of global citizenship right here in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that her gesture of hoisting the Ghanaian flag in outer space was a deeply touching moment for every Ghanaian. It is a testament to the fact that no matter how far one travels, even into the vastness of space, the friendships made and the lessons learned stay with you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristina\u2019s journey from the classrooms of the University of Ghana to the frontiers of space exploration serves as a powerful inspiration to every young Ghanaian,\u201d President Mahama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reminds us that our educational institutions continue to produce and shape global leaders who break barriers and reach for the stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of a proud nation, I wish Christina Koch and the entire Artemis II crew godspeed on your return journey to earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said may her success continue to inspire generations across Ghana, Africa, and the world to believe that there was no height that was insurmountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations, Christina. Ghana is proud of you!\u201d President Mahama stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Ghana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut Christina Koch on her historic membership of the Artemis II mission. \u201cIt is a point of immense pride to learn that Christina, the only woman on this pioneering lunar mission, was once an exchange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[429],"class_list":["post-117015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\",\"name\":\"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch - Ghana","description":"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch","og_description":"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch","datePublished":"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch"},"wordCount":303,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg","keywords":["ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch","name":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-11T10:47:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-11T12:02:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"President John Dramani Mahama has joined the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896303.787353.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-mahama-celebrates-nasa-astronaut-christina-koch#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Mahama Celebrates NASA Astronaut Christina Koch"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117023,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117015\/revisions\/117023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}