In First, Spacewalk Conducted by Two Women

by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 October 2019, 15:05

The first ever spacewalk with an all-female team began Friday, footage broadcast by NASA showed.

U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir's mission to replace a power controller outside the International Space Station officially began at 1138 GMT.

"Christina, you may egress the airlock," spacecraft communicator Stephanie Wilson told the two.

Source: Agence France Presse

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