Christina Koch

On April 7, 2026, the radio went silent for forty minutes. And when it came back, Christina Koch had become the first woman in history to fly around the Moon.

She didn't set out to be a symbol. She set out to do the work.

From the frozen stations of Antarctica to 250 miles above the Earth, and from 328 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station to the far side of the Moon — Christina Koch's story is not a story of luck or destiny. It is a story of preparation, precision, and relentless forward motion.

In Christina Koch: Farther, author Christopher Prince traces the full arc of one of the most accomplished careers in the history of human spaceflight — from Koch's roots in Michigan and North Carolina, through her record-breaking ISS mission, to the all-female spacewalk that made history, and finally to Artemis II: the mission that took four human beings farther from Earth than anyone has ever travelled.

But this is more than a book about space. It is a book about what it means to go farther — in your field, in your ambition, in your understanding of what is possible. Koch's voice, captured throughout in her own words, offers a philosophy of exploration that stands apart from the noise of the billionaire space race:

“Ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.”

This is the story of the woman who went farther than any woman before her — and came back with something worth sharing.

Christina Koch: Farther is essential reading for fans of space exploration, narrative biography, and the history of human achievement.