Christina Koch Returns From Longest Ever Female Spaceflight

A new record for the longest single space mission ever undertaken by a woman was triumphantly set earlier today (Thursday, 6 February), when NASA’s Christina Koch returned safely to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-13, a few weeks shy of a full year since she left Earth for her off-planet home on the International Space Station (ISS).

Flying shoulder-to-shoulder with seasoned Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov and Italy’s most experienced astronaut Luca Parmitano, Koch touched down near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 3:12 p.m. local time (4:12 a.m. EST) to complete a voyage of 328 days, in which she orbited Earth 5,248 times, a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 trips to the Moon and back.

Footage credit: NASA
Edits by AmericaSpace

[Fannylafan]

Imagine how heavy their bodies felt when they landed...

[odoggymnasts]

Anyone else watching this after the launch today of space X in Florida, USA

[narvzky]

I dont know why ilove them ifeel so proud of them they are incredible

[Star-qisf]

Am I the only one smiling from ear to ear the whole time watching this??? Humanity can be so amazing.

[jhoanalyndurano]

Wow Im glad Youtube recommended this to me . It’s basically reliving my childhood childhood dream and didn’t know deep inside me I’m still dreaming to become one

[belle-]

I like how astronauts are so humble and well mannered 👆🏻

[brightpage]

Great job to the whole team - of hundreds of folks who worked on this mission, not just the ones who got to go to space. Space camp taught me how many people are in the control room during space missions ;) thank you all for all your dedication and congratulations to everybody for a successful, safe mission!!!! Love to all you space pioneers!!!!

[kungfu]

Our star parents must watch this with pride. Like seeing your children walking and getting along together.

[vladkin]

NASA and Roscosmos shared this amazing record. We need peace and stability, not war.

[criticalhard]

I hipe she gets nominated for the moon mission. ❤❤🥺

[fatony]

my question is: “we women has menstrual period, so how do you take care of this in the middle of the space? please reply me.

[lreid]

The gear hooked me at 13. I found a cam, and was fitting it into door jams, anywhere I could. I passed natural pro onto a lot of others.
Nice intro, especially distilling fear into focus.

[dandygirl]

her curls in space *heart eyes* she is an idol and a queen who I will talk about more than beyonce to my baby girl. Get it sis

[xyryxsjaybuatna]

Deep in my mind: "I want to float too".🤔🤔🤔

[Jager-ervc]

You go girl!!! Couldn’t be more PROUD of you! Seriously wells up some American pride. 🇺🇸

[kimberlyjill]

It’s so cute when she whispered “spasibo” 😻

[Plasmacat]

And people empower Kardashian and Instagram "models"

[cdanielh]

Welcome home everyone! Great to have everyone back safe!

[PL-ktbm]

Imagine coming back one day, and no one is on earth😅

[pavyjohal]

What I love about this is a they go up as humans of such different backgrounds and cultures and working together for a better future of ALL HUMANITY!!