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First All Women Spacewalk
October 21 , 2019
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- The world's first all-female spacewalking team made history when they floated out of the International Space Station (ISS) to fix a broken part of the power network.
- Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out “without a male” crewmate.
- America's first female spacewalker from 35 years ago, Kathy Sullivan greeted the team.
- Jessica Meir became the 228th person in the world to conduct a spacewalk and the 15th woman.
- It was the fourth spacewalk for Koch, who is seven months into an 11-month mission that will be the longest ever by a woman.
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