NASA's Christina Koch returned to Earth safely today after shattering the spaceflight record for female astronauts with a stay of almost 11 months aboard the International Space Station.
Image: Sergei Ilnitsky/PA Image: Sergei Ilnitsky/PA NASA’S CHRISTINA KOCH returned to Earth safely today after shattering the spaceflight record for female astronauts with a stay of almost 11 months aboard the International Space Station.
“I’ve never seen this,” Navias exclaimed, reporting that the men stopped to chat with engineering personnel. .@Astro_Christina, @Astro_Luca and Alexander Skvortsov said farewell to their station crewmates and closed the Soyuz crew ship hatch at 9:34pm ET. They will undock at 12:50am. Read more... https://t.co/zIndx8dezP pic.twitter.com/Czm9R5bcUPAhead of the three-and-a-half-hour journey back to Earth, Koch told NBC on Tuesday that she would “miss microgravity”.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano sit in chairs outside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Source: DPA/PA ImagesKoch’s return comes after an advert for a skincare brand ran during an intermission in the American football Super Bowl with a call to “make space for women”.
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