--- title: Christina Koch Reunites With Happy Dog After Return to Earth description: See the joyous moment NASA astronaut Christina Koch was reunited with her dog after a record-breaking 328 days in space. canonical: https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-13T22:46:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:17.869Z og:title: Dog Could Not Possibly Be Happier About This Astronaut's Return to Earth og:description: Prepare yourself for cuteness overload og:url: https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc676a64d59baa4/698a0a40b21a9c9a2d5032aa/Christina-Koch-Dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Christina-Koch-Dog og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Could Not Possibly Be Happier About This Astronaut's Return to Earth twitter:description: Prepare yourself for cuteness overload twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc676a64d59baa4/698a0a40b21a9c9a2d5032aa/Christina-Koch-Dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dog Could Not Possibly Be Happier About This Astronaut's Return to Earth After a Year in Space  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 13, 2020 10:46 PM UTC  NASA astronaut Christina Koch after the landing of the space capsule of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the ISS Expedition 61 crew members in a steppe, 147 km southwest of the city of Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 6, 2020. NASA astronaut Christina Koch after the landing of the space capsule of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the ISS Expedition 61 crew members in a steppe, 147 km southwest of the city of Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 6, 2020.Alexander Ryumin/TASS—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 13, 2020 10:46 PM UTC There’s nothing better than coming home to a [pet](https://time.com/5562813/pets-good-for-your-health/) who’s overjoyed to see you after a long, hard day at work. Except maybe coming home to them after a long, hard year in space. After spending a record-breaking 328 days in space, the [longest single spaceflight by a woman](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-crewmates-return-from-space-station), NASA astronaut [Christina Koch](https://time.com/5779146/christina-koch-return/) officially returned to Earth on Feb. 6\. And on Thursday, she took to Twitter to share a video of the joyous moment that she was reunited with her dog, LBD, who had clearly been eagerly awaiting her arrival. In the sweet clip, LBD, which stands for Little Brown Dog, can be seen pawing at the closed door and wagging her tail as Koch and her husband approach. But it’s not until Koch’s husband opens the door that the reality of her mom’s return seems to truly set in for LBD and she reaches a body-flailing, face-licking, happy-barking level of excitement. “Not sure who was more excited,” Koch captioned the video. “Glad she remembers me after a year!” > [](https://twitter.com/Astro%5FChristina/status/1228037678165352449) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/"},"headline":"Dog Could Not Possibly Be Happier About This Astronaut's Return to Earth After a Year in Space","datePublished":"2020-02-13T22:46:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:17.869Z","description":"Prepare yourself for cuteness overload","url":"https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc676a64d59baa4/698a0a40b21a9c9a2d5032aa/Christina-Koch-Dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc676a64d59baa4/698a0a40b21a9c9a2d5032aa/Christina-Koch-Dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Christina-Koch-Dog","caption":"NASA astronaut Christina Koch after the landing of the space capsule of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the ISS Expedition 61 crew members in a steppe, 147 km southwest of the city of Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 6, 2020.","creditText":"Alexander Ryumin/TASS—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5784005/christina-koch-dog-video/","name":"Dog Could Not Possibly Be Happier About This Astronaut's Return to Earth After a Year in Space"}}]}] ```