{"id":1867,"date":"2026-04-24T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:10:05","slug":"christina-hammock-koch-artemis-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/christina-hammock-koch-artemis-astronaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Hammock Koch: Artemis Astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christina Hammock Koch: Artemis Astronaut<\/em>
\nby Carla Mooney (Author)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk: Discover the life story of NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, Christina Hammock Koch dreamed about traveling to space since childhood. She visited NASA’s space camp throughout her high school years, which furthered her conviction. In college she studied electrical engineering and physics and then made her way to NASA as an engineer. But she wanted a more varied experience. She joined the Antarctic Research program, a challenge that expanded her horizons.<\/p>\n

She went back to NASA as an engineer and spent time in Maryland, Greenland, and Alaska before applying to the space program in 2012. She was admitted, and in 2019 she achieved her dream of traveling to space. She made history by being part of the first all-women spacewalk. Her next goal: Going to the moon . . . and we just saw it happen!<\/em> <\/p>\n

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The author, Carla Mooney, is one of my former students<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christina Hammock Koch: Artemis Astronaut by Carla Mooney (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Discover the life story of NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, Christina Hammock Koch dreamed about traveling to space since childhood. She visited NASA’s space camp throughout her high school years, which … <\/p>\n

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