Lunar Flyby Observations – NASA astronaut Christina Koch

art002e016172 (April 6, 2026) – NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby. Koch and her fellow crewmates spent approximately seven hours taking turns at the Orion windows capturing science data to share with their team back on Earth. At closest approach, they came within 4,067 miles of the Moon’s surface.