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Christina Koch: 5 things to know about the female astronaut preparing for the moon?

In 2024, Christina Koch will go on a space journey together with three other astronauts. You can find out more about this amazing astronaut here.


  • Christina Koch is the best-known American engineer and NASA astronaut in the class of 2013.

  • He made history when he spent a record-breaking 328 days in space.

  • Christina was recently selected as one of four crew members for the first human mission to the Moon since Apollo 2024.

44-year-old Christina Koch is one of four astronauts to go on the first human mission to the moon since Apollo. The Jacksonville, North Carolina native, along with fellow astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, will be joined by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen later next year when they depart on the Artemis II mission, NASA officials announced April 3. The trip comes four months after the Artemis I flight, the first test launch of the massive Space Launch System rocket, sent the Orion crew capsule into lunar orbit without astronauts on board, the Washington Post reported. .


Before making headlines for her upcoming moon mission, Christina made headlines by returning to Earth in February 2020 with European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov after spending a record 328 days in space. According to CNN, the Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three space probes landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 4:12 am. "I'm so overwhelmed and happy right now," he told reporters as he sat outside the capsule. He has reason to be happy - he made history while orbiting above the Earth.


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