First Female Space Walk
In a more than seven hour mission outside of the.
First female space walk. Of the 15 women who have done spacewalks 14 have been nasa. The first all female spacewalk two american astronauts jessica meir and christina koch ventured out of the international space station on friday a milestone for nasa. A crew member on three space shuttle missions she was the first american woman to walk in space on october 11 1984.
Jessica meir at top left with back to camera and christina koch begin the first all female spacewalk outside the quest airlock of the international space station on friday oct. Kathryn dwyer sullivan born october 3 1951 is an american geologist and a former nasa astronaut. Only 14 women have.
The excitement around the event was about the spacewalkers themselves the 14th and 15th women to spacewalk since the first woman the soviet cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya did it in 1984. With the exception of that. Christina koch and jessica meir ventured outside the international.
Since cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk in 1984 women have participated in 42 spacewalks. Image 1 of 6. A successful repair mission has made nasa astronauts christina koch and jessica meir the first to participate in an all female spacewalk.
Nasa s first all female spacewalk set for friday astronauts christina koch and jessica meir will replace a faulty power regulator on the international space station. Christina koch and jessica meir floated feet first out of the international space station s iss quest.