Kwatsi Alibaruho | NASA’s 1st Black Mission-Control Flight Director is UGANDAN | Ronnie Mayanja Interview ~ An interview of NASA’s first Black Flight Director, Ugandan National, Kwatsi Alibaruho ~ Join us as we celebrate Uganda’s Success Stories in the Diaspora.

The first African-American to lead Mission Control is working shifts as a flight director for the International Space Station. Kwatsi Alibaruho completed more than 700 hours of training and began active duty in August.

Since the beginning of America’s space program, only 58 people have directed human space flight missions. The flight director class of 2005 is the second largest ever appointed and the most diverse.