DYK- Crews launch and rotate about four times a year to and from to keep a continuous human presence off the planet, as we have for 22 years!
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Christina H Koch
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NASA Astronaut who lived and worked on the International Space Station
Houston, TXJoined August 2015
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Can you guess where these lined up swell lines are bringing the good surf to?
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Galveston, Texas!
One beautiful day in 2019 on my home island, through my lens from the .
#swellfromspace
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For a Philadelphia fan, that was a good weekend. Only better when I was watching from the .
Great to be there in person when the clinched it in Space City a week ago too! See you in Houston too, next month!
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Go Crew-5! Met up with classmate and crew mate at to watch the last two members of our astronaut class launch! SpaceX Falcon rocket stands ready in the background. Grateful for this astro family!
Watch in 5 mins in NASA app or on NASA TV online!
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It’s just smashing!
Congratulations to my former colleagues and the whole team at on the first ever successful planned collision with an asteroid for planetary defense! The DART mission of is making a real impact!
dart.jhuapl.edu
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One minute to launch of Soyuz MS22 and NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crew mates!
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Tonight could be its last.
The SLS rocket with the Orion space capsule looks amazing at night, even by camera phone. Lucky to have gotten a final glimpse.
New countdown is on and Saturday at 2:17pm EDT the launch window opens again! Watch on NASA app.
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We got just as excited as you are. Last week we saw the Artemis I moon rocket and it hit us - We Are Going! Now less than 24 hrs until planned lift off!
Watch from NASA App or any network TV station.
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Call to Stations: At approx. 9:53 am EDT, or L-46 hours, 40 minutes before the initial targeted T-0, the launch team arrived at their stations inside the Launch Control Center at . The countdown is now underway for the 1st Artemis I launch attempt, Aug. 29 at 8:33 am.
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Artemis I is set to launch on Monday! When we put crew on the next Artemis rocket, they will rely on technology developed thanks to !
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Celebrate. The Moon rocket is ready!
Us astronauts caught a glimpse via our favorite means - a jet training mission.
Artemis I Launch to the Moon scheduled for the morning of Aug 29! Watch in the NASA app.
Photo cred: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
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See more images of the #Artemis I rocket and spacecraft as they arrived at Launch Pad 39B this morning. 📷➡️ flic.kr/s/aHBqjA3fKG
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Finally after more than 2 yrs back on Earth, got to meet the team at I worked with from ! Studying fundamental physics by making the coldest spot in the universe, thanks to a little zero-G.
Congrats to Cold Atom Lab on 4 years of science on the
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The launch coming up has me thinking about our new helicopter flight training to prepare us to return to the Moon’s surface! Can’t wait to watch this launch to fly around the moon as we all take steps to be ready to return.
Thx to mentor and training crew
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Friends who NBL together stay together. NBL = Neutral Buoyancy Lab = Spacewalk training center = one awesome day of teamwork
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Today, images produced by light that left its galaxy 13.1 billion years ago show that something imagined by someone brave enough to take a chance can come to be with patience, diligence, and teamwork.
Thank you and congratulations, and ! #unfoldtheuniverse
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Come as you are. Explore as you are.
Bring your best.
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Training in a formation flight with one of our newest T-38 pilots, ! Lucky me.
Hello, Port O’Connor, Texas! Looking good.
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If you’re reading this, this is home.
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I rarely point to my own interviews, but this one I had with was one that I will never forget. Though we talked almost two years after I landed, I learned things about my flight that I myself had never pondered. From watching his shows in space to talking on Earth!
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How’s day 329?? I wouldn’t know!
Congratulations to on an incredible, long-duration mission and continuing to push the boundaries!
Yesterday was the day you flew past my time of 328 days and I couldn’t be more proud of and happy for you. See you home soon, friend!
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Iteration 1 of the Astronaut Aviation Orientation Course is complete, and we look forward to training more at as they prepare to be #AboveTheBest - over the moon!
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Huge thanks to the two Army instructor pilots who designed the flying course for our astronaut training mission and got me through! Your wise words will be a part of as we bring your experience to the engineers and designers of vertical landers on the moon!
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They wait for night. That’s when the real work starts for experienced Army helicopter pilots. Watching the crew coordination taught me about trust, expertise, honesty, and being in the zone on a mission. Exactly why we came here. Thanks for the flight and the insight! #Artemis
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Met our aircraft today.
Path finding a new helicopter training program for the generation. Taking the lessons from #Apollo in vertical flight and landings and bringing them back to the Moon!
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The word Immunity has gotten a lot of play this year, but NASA has been studying human immunity using the spaceflight environment on the for even longer. Learning about ourselves off the Earth and bringing benefits back!
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Caught the flying over, still lit by the sun after it set over my home beach town. Lots going on inside what looks to us like a star.
And no it doesn’t blink as it appears, I took photo exposures every 2s and it was moving fast! That’s 17,500 mph at 250 miles up.
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Christmas 2019 on the : an international celebration with an international crew! We exchanged gifts in stockings and shared seasonal foods packaged for space from the US, Italy and Russia… even included smoked salmon!
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Glad the predawn fog lifted for today’s training flight with .
We flew to the biggest airport in Houston to hone skills in a fast jet in busy airspace, by way of coastal Texas.
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Love this to L2 and back!
Best Christmas present ever.
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Rollout complete!
The James Webb Space Telescope and the @ariane5 rocket it’s riding on are all settled in their final position on Earth. Next step: launch on Dec. 25 at 7:20 am ET (12:20 UTC) to #UnfoldTheUniverse: go.nasa.gov/3FqLt9c
: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Science for Christmas! A new cargo ship packed full of experiments docked to today. The kind of things we can only learn in space, to benefit life on Earth.
All the details at
nasa.gov/mission_pages/
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It seemed so real.
Augmented Reality microgravity simulation of the future living quarters of the . Worked with this incredible team to talk best ways to work on the ceiling, live in a moon-orbiting tiny home, and even fit in some exercise and science.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has been encapsulated inside its @Ariane5 rocket fairing, and is set to launch on Dec. 24: go.nasa.gov/3qqyy0P
: @esa-Manuel Pedoussaut
: @esa-Manuel Pedoussaut
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Anatomy of a spacewalk development run: learn, suit-up, execute, celebrate! All with the team.
Congratulations, Alan on 5,000 hours under the water in our simulator of the exterior!
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I had always wished we had been together up there!
Instead, found me and hanging around, together on an outreach mission on Earth.
Lucky to have flown with these two astro sisters, even if not at the same time.
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Welcome! So glad to have you all on the team.
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Introducing the 2021 class of NASA Astronaut candidates. They'll begin training here in Houston in January.
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