I'm Christina Koch.
I'm a
mission specialist on the Artemis
II mission to the Moon.
When I first found out
that I was assigned to Artemis II,
my thoughts were disbelief,
an immense
sense of honor and responsibility,
and readiness.
I'm ready
to try to make everyone proud
and to really fulfill
what this mission
truly means to all humanity.
For me,
there's never really been a time
when I didn't
want to be an astronaut.
going back,
As far as I can remember,
it's what I always dreamed of.
I think the spark was really lit
when I visited
Kennedy Space Center
with my family
and came home
with a bunch of posters
that then
went up on the walls of my bedroom
and became the
things that I dreamed of
from then on.
When I think about the Artemus
ii crew,
my first thought is
that I'm so privileged
to be a part of it.
These other astronauts
have an amazing
history, amazing record,
amazing experience,
and they're great people.
I've known them all for many,
many years.
I've had a chance to work
with them
in different capacities,
and I think our skills
really complement each other.
They all have
a military background,
and I come from a more raw
technical engineering background
and I think that that complements
one another really well.
I think we'll work together great,
and I hope to be
someone on the crew
that really is that
engineering expert.
And I hope that
that can be the way that
I contribute the most.