ThunderBlade + 231 TB March 7, 2019 Just in time for International Women’s Day, NASA announced Wednesday that it will be conducting the first-ever, all-female spacewalk, CNN reports. Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain will exit the International Space Station on March 29, 35 years after the first woman performed a spacewalk. They’ll be guided from the ground by flight director Mary Lawrence, and flight controllers Jackie Kagey and Kristen Facciol, according to CNN. NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz confirmed that the upcoming walk will be “the first with only women,” but added that “it was not orchestrated to be this way.” According to NASA, any time spent outside a vehicle while in space, including fixing equipment and conducting experiments, is considered a spacewalk. Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, who was the second female astronaut, became the first woman to walk in space in 1984 while testing a repair method. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel + 384 PP March 7, 2019 Send them to the moon... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinto + 293 PZ March 7, 2019 Is there shopping in space?😀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainman + 263 March 7, 2019 As long as they don’t have to manually park the ship. Lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damirUSBiH + 327 DD March 7, 2019 This shouldn't be news, this should be a regular occurrence much the same way Saturday rolls around every week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
50 shades of black + 254 March 7, 2019 Just now, damirUSBiH said: This shouldn't be news, this should be a regular occurrence much the same way Saturday rolls around every week. Yep. It's funny how some people get triggered by the word 'female'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 March 8, 2019 When the female teacher burned up in space she was the only one to have her name in the news. The men had very little coverage. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Warnick + 6,100 March 8, 2019 15 hours ago, Pavel said: Send them to the moon... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites