18 October 2019
First all-female spacewalk is underway!
Two NASA astronauts, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, have embarked on the first all-female space walk in an historic first. The duo ...via NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Christina H Koch (left) and Jessica Meir. Image: NASA
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... returning to Earth on 17 April 2020, following her 200-day mission on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir described the situation unfolding on the planet as “quite surreal”. Indeed the world had changed significantly during...
11 December 2020
NASA reveals Artemis Team to train for moon landings
..., Victor Glover, Warren Hoburg, Jonny Kim, Christina Hammock Koch, Kjell Lindgren, Nicole A. Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir, Jasmin Moghbeli, Kate Rubins, Frank Rubio, Scott Tingle...
June 2021
The coolest experiment on the ISS
... upgraded to include an interferometer which significantly increases the Cold Atom Lab’s abilities. Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir removed the old Science Module and upgraded it by connecting 11 fibre optic cables to the new module. The...
06 February 2020
Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch and crewmates return from ISS
... with Koch, Skvortsov, and Parmitano aboard, Expedition 62 officially began aboard the station, with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Morgan as flight engineers and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos as station commander. They will remain on board...
