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By Benjamin Raven | braven@mlive.com | Posted Would possibly maybe presumably maybe additionally simply 02, 2019 at 10: 31 AM | As a lot as this point Would possibly maybe presumably maybe additionally simply 02, 2019 at 10: 32 AM

NASA astronaut Christina Koch shared a not possible image of her home inform and the Sizable Lakes from the World Rental Discipline not too lengthy ago. 

Whereas the historical previous-maker is initially a Huge Rapids native, she calls Jacksonville, North Carolina home when she is de facto on Earth’s floor. Koch launched to the ISS relieve on March 14 from Kazakhstan with NASA’s Cut Hague and Russia’s Alexey Ovchinin.  

Koch graduated from the NASA Academy at Goddard Rental Flight Heart relieve in 2001, and changed into as soon as selected as part of the 2013 astronaut class. She’s going to back as the flight engineer for Expeditions 59 and 60 on the World Rental Discipline. 

By: Benjamin Raven | braven@mlive.com

“Waving to the mitten! Greetings to my mates and family in Michigan. The Sizable Lakes are as wonderful from standing as they’re in person,” Koch wrote within the tweet accompanying the image. 

Her idea from the orbiting laboratory is so valid that she will unruffled gaze snow overlaying aspects of Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula from standing in late April/early Would possibly maybe presumably maybe additionally simply. 

This represent of Michigan comes on the heels of the astronaut sharing an image of her recent home, North Carolina, on her Twitter sage.

It took my breath away because it came into focus. My first gape of coastal North Carolina from standing. It’s a different part to gaze from above the standing the attach you grew up–the ocean that first inspired my fascination with issues that take into accout me truly feel minute & planted the seed to encounter. pic.twitter.com/OZoqiOVtRR

— Christina H Koch (@Astro_Christina) April 22, 2019