NASA Astronauts Perform First-Ever All-Women Spacewalk: 'History Is Being Made'
Two women ventured outside the International Space Station to fix a faulty power controller early Friday morning in what was the first-ever all-female spacewalk. In the livestream, Koch (wearing a spacesuit with red stripes) and Meir (wearing a suit with no stripes) can be heard talking to each other and astronautStephanie Wilsonfrom Mission Control. The unit Koch, 40, and Meir, 42, are replacing failed to activate after the Oct. 11 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station’s exterior structure, but hasn’t affected operations or the safety of the crew, NASA said in apress release....