{"id":55069,"date":"2018-05-24T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-425009"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:09:09","slug":"nasa-space-station-partners-announce-future-mission-crew-members","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-space-station-partners-announce-future-mission-crew-members\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Hammock Koch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> have been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. Both Koch and Morgan were selected as NASA astronauts in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch has been assigned to Expedition 59\/60, which is set to launch to the International Space Station in April 2019. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Koch has been assigned to Expedition 59\/60, which is set to launch to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> in April 2019. Morgan will follow as a member of the Expedition 60\/61 crew in July 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koch, who grew up in Jacksonville, North Carolina, earned bachelor\u2019s degrees in electrical engineering and physics, and a master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koch started her career as an electrical engineer focusing on space science instrument design at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. She went on to work as a research associate with the United States Antarctic Program, completing several deployments including spending the winter at the South Pole. She returned to space science instrument design at the Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Applied Physics Laboratory, contributing to such missions as the Juno probe to Jupiter. She then returned to her work at remote scientific research stations, including sessions as a field engineer in the Arctic and as station chief with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in American Samoa. Her extracurricular pursuits include running and other outdoor sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan, who considers New Castle, Pennsylvania, his hometown, earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in environmental engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, as well as a doctorate of medicine from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, before completing his residency in emergency medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center-University of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007869.jpg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan has been assigned to Expedition 60\/61, which is set to launch to the International Space Station in July 2019. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Morgan began his career in military medicine by volunteering for U.S. Army special operations forces. He served as a medical team member in the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and went on to become the battalion surgeon for the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, where he served for three years.  Following this, Morgan served on a strategic special operations assignment in Washington, D.C., before completing a fellowship in primary care sports medicine. Over the course of his special operations assignments, Morgan deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa in support of combat operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Koch on social media at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Astro_Christina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by Astro_Christina<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AstroChristina\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/astro_christina\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Morgan on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/AstroDrewMorgan\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AstroDrewMorgan\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/AstroDrewMorgan\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nBrandi Dean<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nbrandi.k.dean@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Andrew Morgan have been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. Both Koch and Morgan were selected as NASA astronauts in 2013. Koch has been assigned to Expedition 59\/60, which is set to launch to the International Space Station in April 2019. Morgan will follow as a member of the Expedition 60\/61 crew in July [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":58265,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"18-040","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"RELEASE","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2800,8361,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12345],"internal-terms":[9508,9505],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-space-station-partners-announce-future-mission-crew-members\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-space-station-partners-announce-future-mission-crew-members\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Astronauts","Expedition 55","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2018-05-24T17:28:00Z","datePublished":"2018-05-24T17:28:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:09:09Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-space-station-partners-announce-future-mission-crew-members\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2018-05-24T17:28:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 55,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":58265,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jsc2014e007974.jpg","title":"jsc2014e007974","alt":"NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch","caption":"Official astronaut portrait of Christina M. 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