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Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Spot the Spacewalker: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch

Spot the Spacewalker: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch
NASA astronaut Christina Koch (top center) conducts a spacewalk at the Port-6 (P6) truss structure work site to upgrade International Space Station power systems. She and fellow NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (out of frame) worked outside in the vacuum of space for seven hours and one minute to begin the latest round of upgrading the station's large nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries.

Official Biography: NASA astronaut Christina Koch
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch
https://www.nasa.gov/…/bio…/christina-hammock-koch/biography
https://www.nasa.gov/…/def…/files/atoms/files/hammock-cm.pdf


Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Image Date: October 6, 2019


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