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Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch met Joel Embiid, watched the Eagles from space, and is a Flyers diehard

NASA uplinked Eagles games to her station as Koch spent 328 days in space and kept up with her husband’s Philadelphia sports fandom.

Summary by The Indiana Gazette Online
PHILADELPHIA — Christina Koch was born in Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, but when the astronaut went on her first mission to space, in 2019, she found herself missing a team that wasn’t in either state.

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Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch met Joel Embiid, watched the Eagles from space, and is a Flyers diehard

Koch’s husband, Bob Koch, is from West Deptford, N.J., and a massive Philly sports fan. The astronaut says supporting those teams helps her feel connected to him when she is an orbit away.

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Inquirer broke the news in Philadelphia, United States on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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