Human romance is the conquest of the sea of stars. We used “2001: A Space Odyssey” to think about it decades ago In the life of human beings in space, we can’t help but think of the momentum of a hot-blooded man who has the power to dry up.
However, conquering the star sea is not just a man’s dream. Yesterday, three astronauts returned home from the International Space Station. One American astronaut stayed in space for nearly a year and broke the longest female space flight record. This is called The female astronaut of Christina Koch also completed the first all-female spacewalk in human history.
▲ Christina Koch . Picture from: Married Celebrity
The other two astronauts returning with Koch are from the European Space Agency Luca Parmitano, the other is Russian astronaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, who has been stationed on the space station since July last year. They passed the Russian Soyuz capsule docked at the space station and returned to Earth’s homeland after a three-hour journey.
Since entering the International Space Station last March, Koch has performed many experiments on the International Space Station, including performance under fire and microgravity, and studying how protein crystals grow in space. Koch is also part of the research. Koch spent 328 days in space to help NASA understand the growth of the human body. The change of time staying in space.
▲ Picture from: ISS National Lab
But what makes Koch most memorable is her and her friends Jessica Meir’s space walk together. This is the first time that two women have walked without a male compatriot. They made history last October and January this year.
After this group of three astronauts return home, the International Space Station will have only three members, including Jessica Meir, American astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian astronaut Oleg Skripochka, the three of them will stay until April, when three more astronauts will join, but this six-member group will not last long, because Meir and three others It will also return to Earth in April.
Image source: NASA