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On the crew of the Artemis II mission/ Here's who the first woman to travel around the Moon is

2026-04-08 22:42:00, Tech CNA

On the crew of the Artemis II mission/ Here's who the first woman to travel

Christina Koch, an astronaut on NASA's Artemis II mission crew, was one of four people who traveled farther from Earth than any other human being has ever traveled, also becoming the first woman to travel around the Moon.

The 47-year-old has already paved the way for the inclusion of women in space missions.

In 2019, she set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, with a total of 328 days in space. That same year, she was part of the first all-female spaceflight, and she has since made two more trips.

Koch embodies a spirit of scientific discovery, exploration, and adventure. Scientific highlights from her missions include "making robotics for upgrades to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, growing protein crystals for pharmaceutical research, and testing 3D biological printers in microgravity." Before she explored space, she explored the world.

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Christina Koch received degrees in electrical engineering and physics and studied abroad at the University of Ghana.

Before officially becoming an astronaut in 2013, she was an electrical engineer for NASA and a research associate for the United States Antarctic Program, spending a year at the Admunsen-Scott Station in Antarctica's South Pole. In addition to Antarctica, she has worked all over the globe from Alaska to Samoa. /CNA





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