American Astronaut Who Wants To Inspire Next Generation Spends 328 Days In Space , Back To Earth

NASA female astronaut Christina Koch has landed on Earth, Thursday morning, after spending 328 days in space, thereby setting a female new record.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

Daily mail UK reports that Koch touched down in desert near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with colleagues Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency at 09:12 GMT after she spent 328 days on the International Space Station.

The International Space Station is a space station in low Earth orbit.

Christina Hammock Koch, who is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013, surpassed a previous record set by NASA veteran Peggy Whitson in 2017 (who spent 289 days).

The Soyuz crew ship containing all three astronauts parachuted to a safe landing on the desert of Dzhezkazgan at 4:12am EST (09:12 GMT on Thursday), daily mail reports.

According to Christian, it has always been her passion to ‘inspire the next generation of explorers’.