Biography
Christina Koch is an engineer and NASA astronaut. She served as mission specialist of NASA's Artemis II mission and served on the International Space Station for almost all of 2019 in Expeditions 59, 60, and 61. Christina spent a total of 328 consecutive days in space and participated in the first all-female spacewalks. She also served as Branch Chief of the Assigned Crew Branch in the Astronaut Office and did a rotation as Assistant for Technical Integration for the Center Director at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Koch earned her Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University.