5 Christina Koch Quotes for You to Enjoy

Christina Koch

American Astronaut

Born: Jan 29, 1979

Around Family Science Space Work You

To do things that are as complicated and challenging as spaceflight, you have to have all disciplines represented to get the job done. Christina Koch

You Complicated Job Disciplines Get Done Challenging Things

I’ve done work wearing full cold-weather gear hanging off of scientific towers in the Antarctic and the Arctic. Having to actually do small, delicate tasks on scientific equipment while you have no dexterity or tactile feedback is something that’s very transferrable. Christina Koch

We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different parts of the world and different parts of the universe just from seeing those things around the house and the different discussions we had as a family. Christina Koch

Family World National Universe Lying Those Astronomy Seeing Magazines Had House Parts Around Always Got Geographic National Geographic Discussions Just Different Interested Different Parts Exploration Popular Mechanics Things

When I was at the South Pole, the coldest it got - and I didn’t go outside - was minus 111. That was during the winter, so it’s dark 24 hours a day, and for some of our jobs, we are required to go outside, even in weather like that. Christina Koch

Day Winter Dark Weather Our Jobs Minus Some Outside 24 Hours Pole Like Hours Got Go South Required Even

Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it. Christina Koch

Astronaut Kids Out Dream Never Most Becoming Just Grew