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Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch posed for a space selfie aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, captured with a modified GoPro mounted on a solar-panel wing and featuring the zero-G indicator 'Rise' during the lunar flyby of the 10-day mission.
Astronaut Christina Koch and the Artemis II crew began a two-week Health Stabilization Program in quarantine to prevent illness from jeopardizing humanity’s next lunar mission. While training in Houston, the team isolates before their April 1 launch to the Moon, reflecting lessons from Apollo-era health precautions and ensuring crew safety in the tight confines of the spacecraft and support facilities at Kennedy Space Center.
Artemis II will launch a four-astronaut lunar flyby—the U.S.’s first return to the Moon in over 50 years—featuring Victor Glover as the first Black astronaut and Christina Koch as the first Black woman to travel to the Moon. The mission will not land but will advance health, rocket, and Moon science research, while highlighting international partnerships and ongoing budget/policy debates surrounding NASA’s moon program.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, a North Carolina native and NCSSM alum, will fly as part of a four-person crew on a 10-day Artemis II mission to loop around the Moon and back, delivering a unique Earth-from-space view and serving as a dress rehearsal for Artemis III’s 2028 lunar landing.
NASA will outfit the Artemis II crew with Nikon Z9 cameras to document images from lunar orbit, with Christina Koch highlighted as the likely standout photographer given her ISS work and inspirations; the mission is historic as it travels farther from Earth than any crewed mission and follows pre-launch testing like a wet dress rehearsal for the SLS.
NASA has announced the crew for its Artemis II mission, which will be the US' first lunar mission in half a century. Victor Glover will become the first black astronaut to travel into deep space, while Christina Koch will become the first woman to go around the moon. The mission will test new technology, including heat shields that protect the Orion spacecraft as it travels 24,500 mph in 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit on its way back. If successful, NASA plans to launch an expedition to land on the moon titled Artemis III, which would be a step towards getting humans onto Mars.
Christina Koch, who set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, will become the first woman to fly to the Moon as part of the Artemis 2 mission. The mission will confirm that NASA's Orion spacecraft operates as expected with a crew on board in deep space. Koch will act as a mission specialist, supporting Artemis 2 with her extensive experience in engineering and working in space. She hopes to inspire the next generation and see the first female put footprints on the Moon.
North Carolina astronaut Christina Koch, who was part of the first all-female spacewalk and completed the longest single spaceflight by a woman, has been selected by NASA to be the first woman to fly around the moon. Koch graduated from North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham and NC State.