American astronaut Christina Koch did not land on the Moon. However, as a mission specialist on the Artemis II mission (April 1–10, 2026), she became the first woman to journey around the Moon. Koch and the other crew members—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jr., and Jeremy Hansen—also set a record for the farthest distance traveled by humans in space: 406,771 km (252,756 miles).
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