Koch grew up in Jacksonville, went to high school in Durham, got three degrees from NC State, and is now going to be the first woman to orbit the moon. Here's the long road that led her there.

Produced by Jeremy Markovich & James Mieczkowski

Some audio provided by: Houston, We Have A Podcast.

Music in this episode:

• Closing Song: Dream Big, by Beau James (Greensboro)

Special Thanks: NASA-TV

This episode was originally produced as an episode of Our State's Away Message podcast in July 2019.