Sign in Subscribe

christina koch

Over the moon: Livingston friends share memories of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch

LIVINGSTON — Astronaut Christina Koch — who was several hundred thousand miles from Earth on the Artemis II mission to travel around the moon last week — was living in Livingston in 2013 when she got word she’d been accepted to astronaut school, just one of eight out of more than 6,

Beauty queen rocket scientists vow to go to space

Beauty queen rocket scientists vow to go to space

By Ed Chatterton Meet the three Miss England finalists who are ALL rocket scientists bidding to become the first beauty queens to travel to outer space - after being inspired by the Artemis mission. Maleha Khan, Jessica Gagen and Maroon Rahman say they all want to inspire other women into STEM

'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them

'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them

They took thousands of photographs and documented copious observations on their voyage around the Moon, but as they sped closer to home the Artemis astronauts said Wednesday they have barely started processing the extraordinary experience they shared. "Human minds should not go through what these just went through,"

Artemis and ISS astronauts share celestial call

Artemis and ISS astronauts share celestial call

The Artemis astronauts hurtling back home after circling the Moon have had regular communication with their team on Earth, but on Tuesday they got to chat with colleagues floating elsewhere in space. "We have been waiting for this like you can't imagine," said Artemis II mission

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 Moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades. In doing so, they will become the new faces of American space exploration. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch will make the voyage with their Canadian

N.C. State grad Koch poised for Artemis II trip around moon

(The Center Square) – Christina Koch, a college and high school graduate from her time growing up in North Carolina, is among the first quartet to travel to the moon in 54 years. Artemis II, a mission of NASA, is a scheduled trip to the moon – no footsteps, no orbit, just

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 Moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades. In doing so, they will become the new faces of American space exploration. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch will make the voyage with their Canadian