Christina Koch leaves active astronaut corps for NASA engineering role
NASA has announced that Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch will become the agency's acting deputy chief engineer on Nov. 1, 2026, a move that ends her eligibility for future spaceflight assignments. Her crewmates Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover have taken emeritus astronaut roles, while Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen also announced a new position. With these changes, all four Artemis II astronauts have now stepped away from active flight duties.
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