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Christina H Koch

@Astro_Christina

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NASA Astronaut who lived and worked on the International Space Station

Houston, TX
Joined August 2015
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Christina H Koch
4 months
Of everything we learn, communication just might be the most important. We finished up 2023 training with teams from on how @nasaartemis crews will safely leave the Orion spacecraft in case of an emergency, which can mean understanding each other even through a sealed helmet…
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@NASAhistory
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The "8 Balls" astronaut class turns 10 today! 🎱 NASA's 21st astronaut class of 8 exceptional men and women, chosen from >6,000 candidates, was announced #OTD in 2013. 2 of them, @Astro_Christina and @AstroVicGlover , have since been selected to fly to the Moon on #Artemis II.
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Christina H Koch
1 year
Wonderful to celebrate Space and Earth science as well as our shared work in human space flight in my former stomping grounds!
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NASA Goddard
1 year
To the Moon, by way of Goddard! Today, the @NASAArtemis II astronauts visited Goddard, met employees and answered questions about their experience. @Astro_Christina spoke about her time as an engineer at Goddard and preparing to go to the Moon.
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The crew met some of the youngest members of the Artemis Generation, pre-kindergartners from the NASA Goddard Child Development Center, as part of their visit.
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1 year
Every time I do STEM outreach, I leave feeling sure that I got more out of it than the students.  No exception last week when we got to share some space design demos with students after the @NASAArtemis II crew announcement.  Thank you!!
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Christina H Koch
1 year
Happy Cosmonautics Day to space colleagues and enthusiasts around the world! Today is the 62nd anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight to space, a first for humanity. #internationaldayofhumanspaceflight #cosmonauticsday
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Christina H Koch
1 year
You stood.  All of you.   You stood for taking on the challenge. For doing things that are hard. For exploring together.   Of all the things we did last week to introduce Artemis II, this unexpected standing ovation was the moment I realized—You’re all behind this. We are going.
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Christina H Koch
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It was a week where we got to tell the @NASAartemis in many ways. Recapping here this this week to keep the sharing going. Because, We are going!
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Christina H Koch
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This week, we got a new crew, a new mission. And, we reaffirmed our forever crew and mission—an @NASA_Astronauts Corps that lifts each other up to be our best for human exploration.
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Christina H Koch
1 year
Congratulations to an awesome team in a cool dynamic fly around move!
@Space_Station
International Space Station
1 year
The Soyuz MS-23 crew ship with three Exp 69 crewmates aboard docked to the Prichal docking module at 5:22am ET today completing a 37-minute relocation maneuver. More...
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Christina H Koch
1 year
Long overdue reunion! Delayed 3 yrs, our Expedition 60-61 NASA crew received spaceflight medals and reflected on the privilege of serving, alongside our families. We took a moment to do our favorite on-orbit tradition, the Huggle! (It’s a little more fun when you’re floating.)
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Christina H Koch
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On this last day of #womenshistorymonth , shouting out to the space station builders, science doers, equipment fixers, systems upgraders, flight controllers, leaders, operators, space walkers, and fitness crushers that make the @Space_Station successful.
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Christina H Koch
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For #womenshistorymonth , we see how crews on @Space_Station with multiple women are finally becoming common. Why’s this matter? To me, it’s making more successful missions and a world where people with a dream work equally hard to reach that dream. Here’s to my own astro sisters!
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New astronauts onboard the @Space_Station in the last couple weeks already pros in their new home doing science to benefit life on Earth and maintenance to keep the microgravity lab running at full speed!
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Christina H Koch
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Stepping onto the rocket, stepping off the planet. Four years ago today, we set off as a crew to the @Space_Station and as part of a huge team committed to exploration for the benefit of Earth.
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Christina H Koch
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Going. Going. Gone. Moonset from @Space_Station . Chasing that moon with @NASAArtemis ! Photos I took, circa summer 2019.
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Christina H Koch
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…It’s also a testament to NASA’s commitment to explore For All and By All. We take this commitment with us to the moon with @NASAArtemis !
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