The NASA astronaut completed a 328-day mission on her first space flight.
The NASA astronaut who has just imposed a new space stay brand said this day that except for muscle aches and balance problems, has been re-adapting well to gravity after having spent almost 11 months in orbit.
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Christina Koch gave a press conference to reporters in Houston six days after returning to Earth from the International Space Station. His 328-day mission, which ended on Thursday of last week, has been the longest for a woman.
How did you feel on Earth after your trip through space?
Koch said he had a neck ailment for almost a day.
“I felt like a two week old baby, I had a hard time holding my own head”, he claimed.
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She considers herself lucky that her feet didn’t hurt or her skin burned as happened four years ago to the NASA champion in spatial permanenceScott Kelly, whose mission lasted 340 days.
Koch returned home to Galveston, Texas, where a kitchen full of chips and salsa was waiting for her, a bite she longed for in orbit, as well as visiting the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Koch went to the beach with her husband, Bob, and their dog, called LBD by Little Brown Dog, just three days after she landed in Kazakhstan.
LBD was excited to see her and vice versa.
I am uncertain to say who was more excited to see the other, said Koch.
The reunion was recorded. It is a symbol of returning with people and places that one loves, seeing your favorite animal, he said.
Koch, 41, is an electrical engineer and also has a career in physics. Last March he traveled to the space station and in October he participated in the first spacewalk for women only.
Three astronauts continue in orbit, including their spacewalk companion, Jessica Meir, also from NASA.
Earth Arrival
Koch has been the woman who has made a longer space stay.
The astronaut traveled in the Soyuz capsule next to station commander Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvorstov.
The astronaut smiled and raised her thumb while the support staff helped her out of the capsule and placed her in a chair for quick check-up with her companions. All three were well, according to Russian officials.
Thumbs up and a huge smile from @Astro_Christina! ??
Her first spaceflight became a 328-day mission with 5,248 orbits of Earth, a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 trips to the Moon & back. #CongratsChristina & welcome home: https://t.co/8MFSftrUyR pic.twitter.com/zlmY2yYJDe
– NASA (@NASA) February 6, 2020
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