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  2. Koch resides in Texas with her husband, Robert Koch. [3] She enjoys backpacking, rock climbing, paddling, sailing, running, yoga , community service, photography, surfing and travel. [ 12 ]

  3. Quick Info→. Husband: Robert Koch. Age: 44 Years. Hometown: Jacksonville, North Carolina. Some Lesser Known Facts About Christina Hammock Koch. Christina Hammock Koch is an American engineer and NASA astronaut. In 2019, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first women to participate in an all-female spacewalk.

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    Christina Koch was born on Monday, January 29, 1979 (age 41 years; as in 2020), in Grand Rapids, Michigan and grew up in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. Her full name is Christine Hammock Koch. She aspired to become an astronaut since her childhood. She completed her high schooling from the North Carolina School of Scienc...

    Parents & Siblings Christina’s Father, Dr. Ronald M. Hammock was a urologist in Jacksonville. Her mother’s name is Barbara Johnson. She has a younger sister, Denise Clayton. Husband She lives with her husband Robert Koch in Galveston, Texas.

    Christina Koch embarked on her career as an Electrical Engineer in 2002 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (an extreme study of the processes that occur within stars, black holes, and supernovae), where she contributed to scientific instruments on various NASA missions; studying cosmology and astrophys...

    NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA Juno Mission Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument, 2012

    Christina Koch considers her upbringing in North Carolina as one of the chief reasons why she became interested in space exploration. While talking about her upbringing in North Carolina, Koch said...

  4. Mar 12, 2019 · NASA Astronaut Christina Koch and her husband, Bob Koch, discuss Christina’s path to becoming an astronaut—her childhood in North Carolina, her education, and her work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and in remote locations all around the world—as she gets ready to make the first spaceflight of her career.

  5. Jan 8, 2024 · Christina Koch, who will become the first woman to go to the moon with the Artemis II mission, on what space smells like, why it is difficult to return to Earth and how astronauts play human...

  6. www.nasa.gov › people › christina-kochChristina Koch - NASA

    Jan 25, 2024 · Christina Hammock Koch [pronunciation: “Cook”] was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. She served as flight engineer on the International Space Station (ISS) for Expedition 59, 60 and 61. Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman with a total of 328 days in space and participated in the first all-female spacewalk.

  7. Sep 5, 2024 · Christina Hammock Koch was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and is currently assigned as a mission specialist on the Artemis II mission to the moon. She most recently served as a flight engineer onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 59, 60, and 61.