First all-female spacewalk

Overview

On 18 October 2019, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conducted the first spacewalk performed entirely by women, outside the International Space Station.

Knowledge connections

• Part of stationInternational Space Station

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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