NASA’s First All-Female Spacewalk Is Back on Track
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NASA’s First All-Female
Spacewalk Is Back on Track NASA recently announced that
their first all-female spacewalk
has been scheduled for Oct. 21. The spacewalk was initially supposed
to take place in March but was postponed
due to issues with spacesuit sizing. It will now be performed by astronauts
Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who will
swap out the station’s solar panel batteries. Christina Koch, via NASA TV Meir also expressed her excitement for
the spacewalk, saying it speaks to “all of
the women” who came before them. Jessica Meir, via NASA TV As of 2016, only 11 percent of the 540
people sent to space have been women.
Spacewalk Is Back on Track NASA recently announced that
their first all-female spacewalk
has been scheduled for Oct. 21. The spacewalk was initially supposed
to take place in March but was postponed
due to issues with spacesuit sizing. It will now be performed by astronauts
Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who will
swap out the station’s solar panel batteries. Christina Koch, via NASA TV Meir also expressed her excitement for
the spacewalk, saying it speaks to “all of
the women” who came before them. Jessica Meir, via NASA TV As of 2016, only 11 percent of the 540
people sent to space have been women.