Watch astronaut Christina Koch and Google's James Manyika discuss space, technology, and discovery
Google's blog features an episode of its "Dialogues on Technology and Society" series in which NASA astronaut Christina Koch talks with Google research executive James Manyika. They cover her career, including 328 days on the International Space Station, the first all-female spacewalk and her Artemis II trip around the Moon, and the role of AI and robotics in space exploration.
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On September 14, 2026 the Google blog published a page presenting a video conversation between NASA astronaut Christina Koch and James Manyika, Google's senior vice president for research, labs, technology and society. It is the latest episode of the Dialogues on Technology and Society series. It is not a product announcement.
The page recalls Koch's background: 328 days aboard the International Space Station, the first all-female spacewalk and a trip around the Moon on NASA's Artemis II mission. Topics include seeing Earth from about 250,000 miles away, the partnership between astronauts, robotics and AI, the question of whether we are alone, and her advice to future explorers. The full dialogue is available on YouTube through a link on the page.
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