First Female Space Walk

By elisha fieldstadt two astronauts made history friday morning as the first women to participate in an all female spacewalk.
First female space walk. A crew member on three space shuttle missions she was the first american woman to walk in space on october 11 1984. 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. Nasa astronauts jessica meir and christina koch conducted the first all female spacewalk outside of the international space station. With the exception of that.
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. Image 1 of 6. Kathryn dwyer sullivan born october 3 1951 is an american geologist and a former nasa astronaut.
In a more than seven hour mission outside of the. 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. Christina koch and jessica meir floated feet first out of the international space station s iss quest. 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.
Of the 15 women who have done spacewalks 14 have been nasa. Only 14 women have.