First All-Woman Spacewalk on October 18, 2019

October 17, 2019

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conducted the first spacewalk performed by two women on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

They will be replacing a faulty battery charge/discharge unit that failed to activate after a spacewalk Oct. 11. The faulty unit is preventing a set of recently installed batteries from providing increased power. It must be replaced before continuing a series of spacewalks to install new batteries.

Watch live coverage here on NASA TV and nasa.gov/live Friday beginning at 6:30 a.m. Eastern. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about 7:50 a.m.

NASA Astronauts Complete All-Woman Spacewalk

On Friday, Oct. 18, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed NASA’s first all-woman spacewalk. During the 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk, the pair replaced a failed power controller and completed several other tasks in preparation for future spacewalks.

Watch the All Woman Spacewalk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iji5hTQ3CUo

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