Groundbreaking US Astronaut Christina Koch Wins Top Spanish Award
The $50,000 prize recognized her record-setting space career and the first woman to join a lunar mission, the jury said.
- On Wednesday, astronaut Christina Koch was named the winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, recognized for having "helped extend the frontiers of humanity" through space exploration.
- Koch, 47, was a member of The Artemis II mission in April, which completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years and traveled 406,771 kilometres from Earth.
- She previously set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman at 328 days and completed the first all-female spacewalk alongside her colleague Jessica Meir.
- The €50,000 Concord Award, handed out annually by the foundation named after Princess Leonor, honors efforts reflecting "humanity's ability to overcome challenges and adversity through hard work, collaboration and empathy."
- Widely viewed as a candidate for future lunar-surface missions, Koch joins previous Concord Award recipients including Scottish charity Mary's Meals and Spanish chef Jose Andres.
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It was recognized for its scientific career and space exploration, after the milestone that marked the Artemis II mission.At 47 years old, the American was part of a challenge to the human species that had not occurred since 1972.
The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that this 2026 will award the Concord Prize to American astronaut Christina Koch . The jury founded its decision on Koch’s scientific career and on his participation in the Artemis II mission , which last April marked the return of humanity to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time since 1972. With this recognition, Koch joins a select global group that includes figures such as Leo Messi in spor…
Christina Koch became the first woman to integrate a mission to the moon. "Her personal effort of overcoming has contributed to extending the borders of Humanity," the jury justifies.
Christina Koch breaks records in space. Now the astronaut receives an important award. And is in prominent company of football superstar Lionel Messi and rock icon Patti Smith.
The contribution of astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to travel to the Moon and the one that accumulates more consecutive days in space, earned her Wednesday, June 17, the Princess of Asturias Award of Concord 2026.Christina Hammock Koch (Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 1979) is part of the crew of the NASA Artemis II mission, which in April marked a milestone in orbiting the Moon and put an end to more than half a century without…
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