so i wrote an op-ed, and the story startedl to get attentio, and lawmakers filed a bill. at that point jeanette said, you know what? i'm okay telling my story myself. i want to use my face, my name, i want to carry this torch because i'm not ashamed anymore, i'm not embarrassed, i want to make the system better myself. so jeanette and i had some conversations about how she could get involved and how she could do that, and one of the most powerful things i've ever seen is jeanette deciding to testify in front of the kentucky general assembly and go on the news media and just tell anyone and everyone that would listen about her story and about her experience and why it mattered and why things needed to change. and so as a result of that, a bill passed through the kentucky general assembly and was signed into law by the governor, and it was called jeanette's law, and it was named after her. and to this day,. >>ed she will tell you it is the thing she is most proud of in the world, and i am so proud to have been able to watch her transform the system that has taken advantage

. >> nawaz: last fall, koch drew international attentio and a trending hashtag, as hf of the very first a-women space walk alongside jessica meir, one of koch's six spacewas during her mission. but her walk with meir only happened after a previously- scheduled all-women spacewalk was scrapped because nasa didn't have enough spacesuits tfit koch told reporterhopes her work will inspire an even more diverse group of exorers. >> talking about these milestones for women is actually the way for us to be where wed are today. i mean i definitely look forward transparent and we don't have any underrepresented groups, but highlighting this story, itt helps us to move toward a world where everyone who has a dream has to work equally as hard to achieve that dream. >> nawaz: koch, now graduated from nasa's academy program, worked at the goddard space flight center, and completed nasa's astronaut training in 2015.ri her time on the space station, she's participated in more than 200 projects, including protein red arch that coform cancer treatments, the impact of space on plant biology, and, of couet