By ECE News<div><img width="2000" height="1331" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash.jpg 2000w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-452x301.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-1080x719.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px"></div>NASA astronaut, and NC State ECE alumna, Christina Hammock Koch has been assigned to the prime slot as rocket pilot for a spaceflight to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch in 2019.