Christina Koch

North Carolina · connectedBorn 1979

American astronaut (born 1979)

Studied at North Carolina State University
Studied at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

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Ghana was an incredible experience. It gave me a lot of perspective. It taught me that what I had come to know as normal wasn’t necessarily normal everywhere.

The ocean is one of the first places I look to for inspiration because in addition to the night sky and the beauty of the universe, the ocean is another thing that makes us feel small and ponder our place in the universe and it kind of ignites that spirit of wonder and exploration

No one ever discouraged the girl from North Carolina that had a dream to become an astronaut, and I think that was the most important

I was lucky because I did get to see the North Carolina coastline. It is such a distinctive picture