NASA is setting another milestone today, with astronauts
Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conducting the first all-female
spacewalk.
In what the space agency billed "HERstory," the four men aboard the
International Space Station remained inside the orbital outpost, as Koch
and Meir stepped outside to replace a broken battery charger.
Not quite ready for the historic day, and still depending on more typically male-sized suits, the historic spacewalk has been months in the making. It was
originally supposed to happen in March, with astronaut Anne McClain
joining Koch. But the station was short one functioning, medium-sized
spacewalking suit, the right size for both women. Koch went instead with
colleague Nick Hague.
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