Nasa Women Space Walk
Friday s spacewalk the first to be conducted entirely by women is generating public interest we normally don t get for a spacewalk.
Nasa women space walk. More than 500 people have been into space. 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. Edt today to discuss this week s first all female spacewalk at the international space station.
The first woman to perform a spacewalk was the soviet cosmonaut svetlana savitskaya 35 years ago. During the 7 hour 17 minute spacewalk the two nasa astronauts completed the replacement a failed power charging component also known as a battery charge discharge unit bcdu. Christina koch and jessica meir ventured outside the international space station at about.
Of the 15 women who have done spacewalks 14 have been nasa. Mcclain is sharing both spacewalk missions with men. Upon watching the spacewalk begin nasa astronaut tracy dyson said she hopes this is just the first all female spacewalk and that it becomes a normal occurrence.
The first woman to conduct a. Nasa announces changes to spacewalk schedule first all female spacewalk nasa is hosting a media teleconference at 4 30 p m. The spacewalk on oct.
With the exception of that. Nasa s first ever all woman spacewalk was a success darrell etherington etherington 3 24 am pdt october 18 2019 nasa astronauts christina h. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency s website.
Edt expedition 61 flight engineers christina koch and jessica meir of nasa concluded their spacewalk the first with only women. The coordinator on the ground was stephanie wilson also an astronaut. Koch and jessica meir made history today taking.