NASA Astronaut Christina Koch to Join NFL Fans in Philadelphia

What happened

On April 1, Koch launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket as part of Artemis II . Koch and her fellow crew members completed a historic lunar flyby, marking humanity’s return to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA is a space exploration and public company founded in 1958.

Los Angeles Rams game in Philadelphia on Sunday, Oct. NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug.

A self-proclaimed Philadelphia sports fan, Koch is an explorer and engineer who spent a total of 338 days in space across two missions, including serving as a mission specialist for the agency’s Artemis II mission earlier this year. NASA team members will engage with fans at the agency’s Experience Zone, located outside the stadium from 10 a.m.