{"id":195817,"date":"2024-03-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=195817"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:21:02","slug":"becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch","title":{"rendered":"Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/e1176d44-0bc4-42fc-8f89-682f8eaf077d?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if you had an opportunity to travel around the moon? Christina Koch has worked at NASA for the last 10 years, and has been a part of groundbreaking missions in outer space. In 2019, Christina embarked on a 328-day stay on the International Space Station, setting a record for the longest single space flight by a woman. Now Christina has a new assignment on the horizon. She was selected to join a crew that will travel around the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Christina:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/astro_christina\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/christina-koch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina&#8217;s NASA bio&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NASA Artemis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/NASAartemis\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/studying-the-cosmos-with-sarafina-el-badry-nance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studying the Cosmos with Sarafina El-Badry Nance<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/shannon-walker-how-to-become-an-astronaut-and-get\/id1183017174?i=1000421998800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Become An Astronaut And Get A New Perspective On Earth From Space with Shannon Walker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program&nbsp;<\/a>and learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/birkenstock\/c\/all?cm_mmc=or_-_-simplecast.com-_-podcast_sponsor-_-wild_ideas_worth_living-_-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birkenstoc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/birkenstock\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">k<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/used\/shop\/gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REI Re\/Supply<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/outside-in-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outside in 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript What if you had an opportunity to travel around the moon? Christina Koch has worked at NASA for the last 10 years, and has been a part of groundbreaking missions in outer space. In 2019, Christina embarked on a 328-day stay on the International Space Station, setting a record for the longest single space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32542,"featured_media":195818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-195817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/03\/53206112789_e5e932c583_o.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/03\/53206112789_e5e932c583_o.jpg?fit=8192%2C5464"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenny Barber"}],"creator":["Jenny Barber"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-03-05T11:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-03-05T11:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-01-31T19:21:02Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/becoming-the-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-moon-with-christina-koch\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/53206112789_e5e932c583_o.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/53206112789_e5e932c583_o.jpg?fit=8192%2C5464\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jenny Barber\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jenny Barber\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2024-03-05T11:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-05T11:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-31T19:21:02Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/03\/53206112789_e5e932c583_o.jpg?fit=8192%2C5464","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199150,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195817\/revisions\/199150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195817"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=195817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}