Christina Hammock cook

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Christina H. Koch
Christina H. Koch
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA NASA
selected on June 17, 2013
( 21st NASA Group )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: March 14, 2019
Landing: February 6, 2020
Time in space: 328d 13h 58m
EVA inserts: 5
EVA total duration: approx. 43 h
Space flights

Christina Hammock Koch (born Christina Hammock January 29, 1979 ) is an American astronaut . On March 14, 2019, she flew to the ISS , where she took part in the three long-term expeditions 59 to 61 . The mission lasted a total of 328 days; this makes Hammock Koch the woman with the longest stay in space to date. In the historical ranking of the longest space flights, it occupies 7th place.

Life

Christina Hammock Koch studied at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where she earned a bachelor's degree in physics and electrical engineering , followed by a master's degree in electrical engineering. She worked as an electrical engineer in the High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . From 2004 to 2007 she was a research fellow in the United States' Antarctic Program. As part of this, she spent a winter season at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and another season at the Palmer Station . From 2007 to 2009, Koch worked as an electrical engineer in aerospace instrument development at Johns Hopkins University . In 2010 she returned to field research at the Palmer Station in Antarctica, as well as several winter stays at the Summit Station in Greenland . In 2012, Koch continued her work on remote bases at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She worked as a field engineer in the observatory of the Global Monitoring Division of the NOAA in Barrow (Alaska) and later as station manager of the observatory in American Samoa .

Astronaut activity

Koch was selected to be a member of NASA Astronaut Group 21 on June 17, 2013.

On March 15, 2019, she reached the ISS as a member of the Soyuz MS-12 crew. Originally, it was planned that she would take part as a flight engineer in the long-term missions Expedition 59 and Expedition 60 , which corresponds to a stay of about half a year. Due to delays in the completion of the new US spaceships Crew Dragon and CST-100 Starliner , their planned stay was extended to Expedition 61 , which was also extended. This corresponds to a total length of stay of eleven months. On February 6, 2020, Koch returned to Earth with Soyuz MS-13 .

"Space-Selfie" by Christina Koch, during the first women-only spacecraft in history (October 18, 2019)

During her stay on the ISS, Koch undertook several space missions for maintenance work on the station's power supply. She completed her first space exit with Nick Hague on March 22, 2019, the second with Andrew Morgan on October 6. The two missions lasted around seven hours each. A third on October 18, 2019 together with Jessica Meir attracted a lot of attention, as it was the first time that an all-female team was on the field. The mission lasted seven hours and 17 minutes, including a brief live television broadcast of US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence .

In December 2019, Koch set the previous world record for a woman to stay in space continuously and subsequently surpassed it with 328 days. The US astronaut Peggy Whitson had previously kept him on the ISS for 289 days (2016/17). Koch also achieved the second longest stay of a US astronaut in space, after Scott Kelly with 340 days.

Private

Christina Hammock Koch is married and lives in Texas with her husband Robert Koch . Her hobbies include climbing, sailing, yoga , as well as photography and traveling.

Web links

Commons : Christina Hammock  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Melanie Whiting: Christina Hammock Koch NASA astronaut. November 27, 2015, accessed December 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Jason Roberts: 2013 Astronaut Class. March 10, 2015, accessed December 9, 2018 .
  3. ^ Norah Moran: Expedition 59 Welcomes Three New Crew Members. March 14, 2019, accessed March 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Eric Berger: NASA says Christina Koch will spend 328 days in space. April 17, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jessica Meir and Christina Koch: Small steps for astronauts, but a big one for all women . Zeit Online , October 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ NASA Astronauts Complete the First All-Female Spacewalk . The New York Times , October 18, 2019.
  7. ^ Robert Z. Pearlman: Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman. Space.com, December 30, 2019, accessed January 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hammock Koch, Christina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1979