Facts
Christina Koch on March 14, 2019 in the spacecraft Soyuz MS-12
set off on her first space flight. It was originally planned that the flight will last approximately half a year.
For the summer of 2019, the first flights of the American commercial ships Dragon and Starliner were planned. But, Dragon and Starliner starts rescheduled
up to 2020. NASA has decided to extend the time spent by American astronauts on the ISS to ensure constant
the presence of American astronauts until the flights of commercial ships begin. Therefore, the flight of Christina Koch extended until February 6, 2020.
According to the new schedule, Christina Koch returned to earth into the spacecraft Soyuz MS-13 along with
Alexander Skvortsov and Luca Parmitano .
The duration of the Christine Koch flight from March 14, 2019 to February 6, 2020 : 328 days 13 hours 58 minutes (7885 h 58 m). This is the seventh longest space flight among
all astronauts .
This is the second longest space flight among American astronauts after the flight of Scott Kelly - 340 days 8 hours 42 minutes.
Christina Koch's Flight is the longest flight among women .
Age of the astronauts. The youngest astronaut for 55 years remains the second
Soviet astronaut Germann Titov ,
Who was the first to make a daily flight on 6 August 1961 at the age of
25 years 10 months 25 days.
In the oldest age, the first flight was made by an American space tourist
Denis Tito on 28 April 2001 in a spacecraft
Soyuz TM-32 at age 60 years 8 months 20 days.
In the oldest age the last flight made
John Glenn on 29 October 1998 on a shuttle
Discovery STS-95 at age 77 years 3 months 11 days.
Youngest female astronaut remains
Valentina Tereshkova 16 June 1963 on a spacecraft
Vostok-6 at age 26 years 3 months 10 days. In the oldest
Age for femal astronauts committed Peggy Whitson on 17 November 2016 on a spacecraft
Soyuz MS-03 at age 56 years 9 months 8 days.
Lists of astronauts by age:
How many times fly astronauts. Currently, only two astronauts have made seven space flights. Jerry Ross was the first to do this on April 8, 2002,
on the shuttle Atlantis STS-110. The second is Franklin Chang-Diaz on June 5, 2002 on the
shuttle Endeavour STS-111. Seven astronauts and cosmonauts made six space flights each. Five space flights were
carried out 25 astronauts and cosmonauts. Among the Russian cosmonauts, six times flew into space: Sergey Krikalev
and Yuri Malenchenko. A complete list of astronauts and cosmonauts who committed
Currently, six women have flown into space five times.
The first three, four and five flights were made by
Shannon Lusid .
Full list of women astronauts
and astronauts who committed
