Monday, October 19, 2026

Question: Astronaut Christina Koch, whose NASA uniform is now on display in Grand Rapids, holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. How many days did she spend aboard the International Space Station?

Answer: 328 days. Koch launched to the ISS in March 2019 and returned in February 2020, breaking the previous women’s single-flight record of 288 days. Over the mission she orbited Earth 5,248 times and traveled about 139 million miles.