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Christina Koch

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[Wikipedia] Christina Hammock Koch is an American engineer and NASA astronaut. On her mission to the International Space Station in 2019–20 she was part of the first all‑female spacewalk and set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. On the Artemis II lunar flyby mission in April 2026, which set the

Quotes by Christina Koch

All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.

Experience

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So here in space, obviously, in microgravity, we have to use our hands to get ourselves around, to float around the modules,…

Feet

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We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different…

Exploration

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Outside of my family, I was always inspired by true heroic stories of leadership and survival. For example, the story of the…

Family

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To do things that are as complicated and challenging as spaceflight, you have to have all disciplines represented to get the job…

Complicated

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To see the Earth below you when we could take a break... to appreciate the environment around us was very special.

Earth

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My mom studied biology and my dad studied chemistry and some physics and he is a physician, but he had a very…

Astronomy

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I've always been into things like exploring and science on the frontiers. I had pictures of space up in my room way…

Band

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I've done work wearing full cold-weather gear hanging off of scientific towers in the Antarctic and the Arctic. Having to actually do…

Arctic

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When I was at the South Pole, the coldest it got - and I didn't go outside - was minus 111. That…

Dark

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While you're in space, you grow in height! Without the constant force of gravity on your spine, it stretches out, and you're…

Gravity

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I invented an algorithm for starting micro turbo-molecular vacuum pumps to be used in science instruments on a future Mars rover.

Future

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I have truly been inspired by the struggle and triumphs of so many women that dare to break new ground in all…

Creativity

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Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it.

Astronaut

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We work together as a team. And between us and between the crew and our teams on the ground, we don't look…

Gender

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