Christina Koch

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205 appearances 6 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Jun

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The Oprah Podcast · Oprah and the Artemis II Crew: To the Moon and Back · 12 May 2026 podcast

And I sort of waited, I would say, till the mission was very salient, till we were in quarantine.

And I knew that he knew that I was going on a journey that I understood the risks of, and that it was the fulfillment of my life's work and all of my dreams, and that that would bring him peace if I didn't come back.

But what I realized I needed him to know was that none of that was what meant the most to me and why he should actually have peace.

It was because he loved me and I loved him.

And that's why it would be okay.

I will say that conversation I remember so well because he did.

He brought it up in the perfect Jeremy way of just, and what we had established as a crew is that if we knew we were in that situation, we would handle it with grace and honor and almost a solemnness.

But I will say, that is beautiful.

But there was a moment on the mission where it did not serve me because on reentry, I was misunderstanding some of Victor's calls.

And I thought he was calling our G-loads way higher than they should have been.

And I thought, well, he's not freaking out, so we're probably fine.

And then I thought, but wait, we said we wouldn't freak out.

So I don't actually know.

Yes, absolutely.

Some of the- Eat and drink and everything is in the suits.

All of that.

Yes, they have a plan for that.

And we practiced with those systems both on the ground and we did what's called a flight test objective to test them out in space to see how they worked in microgravity.

And it would not be a fun six days, but the idea is it would be survivable if you use the equipment that's provided.

for eating and drinking, there's a port, actually, in the side of the helmet.

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