By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-1024x681.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-452x301.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nasa-43567-unsplash.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">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.