'Do what scares you:' 3 tips to succeed from Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch

NASA's Christina Hammock Koch, flanked by fellow Artemis 2 astronauts Victor Glover of NASA (left) and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, delivers remarks on May 17, 2023, during a reception at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — Christina Koch is no stranger to hard work, or to success. 

The 44-year-old NASA astronaut holds the record for the longest single space mission by a woman (328 days), was half of the duo that performed the world's first all-woman spacewalk outside the International Space Station (with crewmate Jessica Meir in 2019) and — next year, if current schedules hold — will be the first woman in history to fly to the moon. Kcch is a mission specialist for Artemis 2, NASA's first crewed flight to the moon in 50 years.