Who has created a record for longest single spaceflight in 2019?

Who has created a record for longest single spaceflight in 2019? Correct Answer Christina Koch

The correct answer is Christina Koch.

Key Points

• Christina Koch has created a record for the longest single spaceflight in 2019.
  • NASA Astronaut Christina Koch creates a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, surpassing the earlier record of 288 days in space.
  • On her 289th day at the International Space Station, astronaut Christina Koch set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman.
  • The previous record was set by former station commander Peggy Whitson, who crewed the ISS in 2016-17.
  • The extended missions of Christina Koch and Morgan will help scientists gather additional data about the effects of long-duration human spaceflight beyond those of the normal six-month station expedition.
  • NASA astronaut Christina Koch's first mission aboard the orbiting lab ended after 328 days on Feb. 

Additional Information

• NASA astronaut Scott Kelly completed a single mission aboard the International Space Station of 340 days on March 1, 2016.
• In June 2017, Whitson broke the record for the longest single space flight by a woman which had previously been held by Samantha Cristoforetti at 199 days, 16 hours.
• Nick Hague:
  • Tyler Nicklaus Hague is an American flight test engineer and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.
  • Selected to be a flight engineer on the International Space Station, his first launch was on Soyuz MS-10.
    • That was aborted shortly after take-off on 11 October 2018.
• Anne Mc Clam:
  • Anne Charlotte McClain is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, engineer and NASA astronaut.
  • Her call sign, "Animal", dates back to her bruising rugby days, she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal.
  • She was a Flight Engineer for Expedition 58/59 to the International Space Station.