Tag: Christina Koch
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NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration
HOUSTON—Their mission is complete. The four people who flew beyond the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are back home in Houston with their families. But the lessons from Artemis II are just beginning to be told. There are tangible, objective takeaways from the nine-day mission. How did NASA’s Space Launch System rocket perform? Nearly…
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The gravity of their experience hasn’t quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts
On the home stretch of their nine-day mission, the four astronauts flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft are just beginning to reflect on their experience of flying beyond the Moon. Their memories of Monday’s encounter with the Moon are still fresh as they return to Earth, heading for reentry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on…
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Launch preview: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stand at Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, March 31, ahead of the planned launch of Artemis 2. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now For the first time in more than 53 years, NASA is preparing to send humans beyond low Earth orbit. As soon as Wednesday evening, four astronauts…
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Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown
The four crew members of the Artemis 2 mission exit the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during the Countdown Demonstration Test, a launch day rehearsal for the Artemis 2 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now In a prelude to the real deal, the four astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission boarded their Orion spacecraft inside…
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NASA names crew for first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years
NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left), Victor Glover (top), Reid Wiseman (bottom), and Jeremy Hansen (right) pose for an Artemis 2 crew portrait in training versions of the Orion launch and enter pressure suits. Credit: NASA NASA announced Monday that former U.S. Navy fighter pilots Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, veteran space station astronaut Christina Koch,…
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NASA names 18 astronauts for Artemis moon missions
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The first 18 Artemis astronauts. Credit: NASA Eighteen astronauts have been selected — nine men and nine women — to begin training for upcoming Artemis missions to the moon, NASA announced Wednesday. The list includes the as-yet-unnamed next man and first woman who will set foot on the…
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Christina Koch having no problems re-adapting to Earth after record space flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch after landing in Kazakhstan on Feb. 6. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Astronaut Christina Koch, six days after returning from a record 11-month stay aboard the International Space Station, said Wednesday she’s re-adapting to gravity with no major problems, enjoying family life, an initial trip to the…
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Spacewalkers complete another round of solar array battery replacements
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) Monday. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jessica Meir is seen near the end of Monday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now It took NASA more than 50 years to stage its first all-female spacewalk last October. It took three months before the second…
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Koch, Meir continue space station battery replacements on successful spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) after completion of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, seen through the helmet camera of crewmate Jessica Meir on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir floated back outside the International Space Station Wednesday for history’s second…
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Koch marks record stay in space for female astronaut
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch works with an experiment on the International Space Station in this Dec. 22 photo. Credit: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch, launched to the International Space Station in March, marks her 289th day in space Saturday, breaking retired astronaut Peggy Whitson’s world record for the longest…