Christina H KochVerified account

@Astro_Christina

Current resident of the International . Looking forward to sharing my journey with you!

Houston, TX
Joined August 2015

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  1. Even astronauts need to chill. Spending this weekend reading and relaxing by my favorite window. After a long week packed with science, a spacewalk, and a re-docking, it’s important to recharge your batteries to keep focused on bringing your best.

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  2. as seen from earlier today. Hoping everyone in its path stays safe.

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    Tomorrow, students at and will speak with alumna Koch! 👩‍🚀 Watch live at 9:10am CT as she answers questions, shares her experiences and discusses our plans to land the first woman and next man on the Moon. 🌙

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  5. Caught the flying away over the Canadian Rocky Mountains after being attached to for about a month. It’s bringing dozens of scientific experiments that we worked on back to Earth for further analysis and reporting of results.

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    Aug 26

    📅 164 days in space 🌎 2,624 orbits of Earth 👩‍🚀 69.5 million miles traveled Today, marks the midpoint of her extended stay in orbit where she will set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Learn more about her work:

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  7. Today marks the halfway point of my extended mission on and also happens to be . Today I reflect on how the women who fought for the right to vote inspire me to work hard every day to make the world a better place, in ways both big and small.

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    164 days. 3,936 hours. 236,160 minutes. These numbers equal how long has been on the station, leading up to what will be the longest-duration space mission for a woman. Today, , marks Koch's halfway point -- just 164 more days to go. 📅

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  9. First time that operation has been done in four years and it was planned in a day!

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  10. Watching in admiration of the agility and cooperation of international space programs to work through the dynamics of human spaceflight. This weekend teams pulled together a solution to plan and flawlessly execute a manual undocking, fly-around, and re-docking of a Soyuz onboard.

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    Today, logs 164 days in space -- halfway to her record-breaking 328 day mission, & on the same date as . Koch is conducting hundreds of experiments that pave the way for missions to the Moon & Mars, as well as improve life on Earth.

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  12. Tomorrow my crewmate will be going out on his first spacewalk! The main task at hand? He and will install the IDA-3 in order to provide additional docking ports to station for future arrivals of . Watch live: .

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  13. Conducting research off the Earth, for the Earth! This looks at what is causing damage to the nervous system that’s common in Parkinson’s disease & multiple sclerosis & will reveal how living in space affects similar cells in healthy astronauts.

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  14. Weekend surf watch on Puerto Rico and the breaks around Rincón. From the , remembering some great past sessions at Maria's.

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  15. Night lights from the . Aurora glow over Antarctica, moonshine on the solar arrays, sunrise starting in the East, outside lighting on Dragon and Soyuz, and in the window, a random reflection of the little night light we keep on inside.

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  16. My favorite way to spend free time on is looking out the cupola window, admiring and capturing the beauty of our home.

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  17. Good morning, NYC! Looks like it was a great weekend to be in Central Park.

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  18. Had a blast cheering on the students from the SPHERES Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program during their competition today! The SPHERES team tests algorithms developed by students and selects the best designs for the competition to operate the robots onboard .

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  19. Rest in Peace, Chris Kraft, NASA’s original Flight Director and mission operations architect. It is on these days of dynamic operations when the team is doing amazing things that I appreciate and honor your legacy the most.

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  20. August night skies! For my friends in the Southern Hemisphere this time, can you spot the Southern Cross? Happy star gazing and goodnight from !

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