To do things that are as complicated and challenging as spaceflight, you have to have all disciplines represented to get the job done. Christina Koch Read Quote
I’ve always been into things like exploring and science on the frontiers. I had pictures of space up in my room way back in middle school, right next to the boy band posters! Christina Koch Read Quote
While you’re in space, you grow in height! Without the constant force of gravity on your spine, it stretches out, and you’re actually taller when you land. It doesn’t last long though. Christina Koch Read Quote
We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different parts of the world and different parts of the universe just from seeing those things around the house and the different discussions we had as a family. Christina Koch Read Quote
When I was at the South Pole, the coldest it got – and I didn’t go outside – was minus 111. That was during the winter, so it’s dark 24 hours a day, and for some of our jobs, we are required to go outside, even in weather like that. Christina Koch Read Quote
To see the Earth below you when we could take a break… to appreciate the environment around us was very special. Christina Koch Read Quote
So here in space, obviously, in microgravity, we have to use our hands to get ourselves around, to float around the modules, because our feet, we don’t necessarily walk around, we just grab hand holds and move ourselves around, which means that we need our hands free to do just that. Christina Koch Read Quote
I’ve done work wearing full cold-weather gear hanging off of scientific towers in the Antarctic and the Arctic. Having to actually do small, delicate tasks on scientific equipment while you have no dexterity or tactile feedback is something that’s very transferrable. Christina Koch Read Quote
My mom studied biology and my dad studied chemistry and some physics and he is a physician, but he had a very strong interest in astronomy and astrophysics and exploration in general. Christina Koch Read Quote
Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it. Christina Koch Read Quote
