Longest spaceflight by a woman logged by Christina Koch, a NASA astronaut. Image via Married Celebrities.
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Astronaut Christina Koch logs longest spaceflight by a woman

Completing her 298th day on the International Space Station, Christina Koch set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Set to be there till February, Koch has been studying the impacts of long-term space travel on the human body as NASA considers sending astronauts to Mars. She was also one of the two woman to complete the first ever all-woman spacewalk in October.

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Sun Dec 29 - Cnet

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