There’s no other way to say it; 2020 was quite a year.
Quarantine, social distancing, working from home, mask wearing, stay-at-home orders.
For humans, who are generally social creatures, life was not the same. And while promising COVID-19 vaccines do provide a light at the end of the isolation tunnel, chances are it’s going to be at least several months until we get there.
That’s right, more months of isolation.
We asked astronaut Christina Koch how she coped with isolation in space. It turns out astronauts spend a lot of alone time on the International Space Station, where the North Carolina native broke the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman.
Hear her advice for how to reframe isolation:
Christina Koch holds the record the longest spaceflight by a woman at 328 days on the International Space Station. She dealt with isolation, quarantine, and a lot of the constraints the Covid-19 pandemic has placed on everyone. Here's her advice on how to cope.