Christina Koch New Record Holder for Longest Space Mission by a Woman

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is the new record holder for the single longest space mission by a woman, besting NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.

On Saturday, December 28, Koch exceeded Wilson’s record of 289 days, five hours and one minute. What’s more, she still has six weeks before she returns home.

Koch is scheduled to land on February 6, 2020, logging 32…