She's set to arrive back on Earth on Feb. 6, after almost a full year of working at the International Space Station. She also worked on the Microgravity Crystals investigation to crystallize a membrane protein for cancer survival.

We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Copyright © 2020 WTVD-TV. Christina Koch, in spacesuit at left, and Jessica Meir, right, prepare for one of their three historic all-female spacewalks, assisted by Luca Parmitano, back left, and Drew Morgan. ", NASA says Koch worked on more than 210 investigations during her mission, "helping advance NASA's goals to return humans to the Moon under the Artemis program and prepare for human exploration of Mars.". Christina Koch spent 328 days in space. U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, returned to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station, capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deep-space travel. "Thank you, space family. Discuss: NASA astronaut Christina Koch heads home after record-setting spaceflight, Avatar 2: Kate Winslet as a 'water person', NASA astronaut Christina Koch is on her way home, Koch set the record for longest spaceflight by a woman, just short of Scott Kelly's 340-day record, In 2019, women helped redefine everything we know about space, NASA's Christina Koch sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman, Second all-female spacewalk was another NASA ISS success. NASA US astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. RPD releases hundreds of body, dash cam videos from protests, Fayetteville boy receives kidney transplant after 4-year search, LATEST: 3 Wake schools report COVID-19 cases in athletic department, These NC election races aren't as prominent but are still critical, Woman allegedly assaulted, abducted in Fayetteville; police investigating, Trump to return to North Carolina, rally in Fayetteville on Thursday, How new registered voters shift NC political party lines, Cumberland Co. students appear to pose in blackface in social media post, Burger King, Popeyes drive-thrus to get makeover for the COVID-19 age, Family searching for heirloom sold at Fuquay-Varina yard sale, Voter registration data reflects opinions in downtown Durham. Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking space mission This article is more than 6 months old Koch lands in Kazakhstan after 328 days in … on the Soyuz spacecraft after logging 328 days on the orbiting laboratory at the station. During her sojourn Koch spent 42 hours outside in space, notching up six spacewalks, including taking part in the first and second ever all-female spacewalks, in October 2019 and January 2020. In December, Koch broke the record for longest spaceflight by a woman. U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, returned to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station, capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deep-space travel. After a record-breaking mission on the ISS, returning to Earth from her 328-day mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking mission.
All Rights Reserved. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. NASA said Koch’s lengthy mission will provide researchers with much-needed data on how the weightlessness of gravity and space radiation affects the female body on long-duration spaceflights. Koch and Meir conducted two more spacewalks together in January. Koch’s mission broke the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman, previously held by NASA’s Peggy Whitson. She was also part of the the first all-woman spacewalk. Launched into orbit last March, Koch’s mission was extended in April from its original span of six months to nearly a year after she was already aboard the station. NASA Astronaut Christina Koch published a short video on her Twiter account ( @Astro_Christina ) showing her dog’s reaction to her returning home from space after a record-breaking duration . She stayed on the spacecraft for 328 days, just short of Scott Kelly's 340-day record. ET. Home » Space Exploration » Astronaut Christina Koch’s dog welcomes her returning home from space in the most adorable way Animals are amazing. I’m going to miss this bunch. In December, Koch set the record for longest spaceflight by a woman, after completing her 289th day on the ISS. NASA After orbiting the Earth 5,248 times and traveling 139 million miles, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is on her way home. She also achieved a gender milestone in a relatively routine spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir last October that marked the first time two women stepped out of the space station at the same time. Christina Koch previously led the 2019 all-woman spacewalk | Image credit: Reuters. That science, to be studied in the coming months, could prove useful for the U.S. space agency’s aim of building a permanent space station on the moon’s surface within the next decade. Astronauts on the space station, whose 20th anniversary in low-Earth orbit comes later this year, have tallied 227 maintenance spacewalks, nearly two dozen of which included women astronauts, according to NASA.

Can boosting your immune system help prepare you for COVID-19? This evening, three astronauts will head home from the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Christina Koch who just spent nearly a year in orbit.

Koch helped research how humans adjust to isolation, radiation, weightlessness, spine degradation and stress in space. Koch landed along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 4:12 a.m. RELATED: NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking mission Koch, 41, explained that she has sore muscles, trouble with balance and her neck hurt for about a day.

After orbiting the Earth 5,248 times and traveling 139 million miles, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is on her way home. NASA’s first attempt for an all-female spacewalk in March 2019 was called off because one of the astronauts’ medium-sized spacesuits was not properly configured in advance, igniting a gender-equity debate within the space community. U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly’s 340 days in orbit starting in 2015 demonstrated that long-term spaceflight causes human health effects such as thickening of the carotid artery and retina, changes in gene expression and slight cognitive impairments for men. Thank you, space family. © CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.