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Also Known As Christina M. Hammock
Born January 29, 1979 (age 47) • Grand Rapids • Michigan
Role In Artemis II

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Portrait of NASA astronaut Christina Koch wearing an orange flight suit with mission patches and an American flag.
Artemis II crew members Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover wear eclipse glasses and smile while floating in their spacecraft during a lunar mission.
NASA's Artemis II crew portrait with Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen in orange space suits against a dark background.
The Artemis II crew-Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman-smile and give thumbs up for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft with U.S. and Canadian flags visible.
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Artemis II crew members Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover wear eclipse glasses and smile while floating in their spacecraft during a lunar mission.
Reid Wiseman
American astronaut
Portrait of NASA astronaut Victor Glover in an orange spacesuit, facing forward with a neutral expression against a dark background.
Victor Glover, Jr.
American astronaut
Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Wilson
American astronaut
Joseph Acaba
Joseph Acaba
American astronaut
Nicole Aunapu Mann
Nicole Aunapu Mann
American astronaut
Jasmin Moghbeli
Jasmin Moghbeli
American astronaut
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, in a white spacesuit, smiles and waves at the camera while working outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk.
Jessica Meir
American astronaut
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
American astronaut
Joseph Kerwin on Skylab 2
Joseph Kerwin
American astronaut and physician
Al Worden
Al Worden
American astronaut
Portrait of Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen in an orange spacesuit with mission patches and a Canadian flag on the shoulder, facing forward against a dark background.
Jeremy Hansen
Canadian astronaut
Charles Bolden.
Charles Bolden
American astronaut
Space walk
Jerry Ross
American astronaut
Vance Brand
Vance Brand
United States astronaut
Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstituting a prepackaged container of food at the crew quarters' ward-room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the space station, 1973.
Owen Garriott
American astronaut
Āl Saʿūd, Salmān
Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud
Saudi royal and astronaut
The first Canadian in space
Marc Garneau
Canadian astronaut
Jean-Loup Chrétien
Jean-Loup Chrétien
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Charles M. Duke, Jr.
American astronaut