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Fantastic story! Is there video?
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/fridays-all-woman-spacewalk-the-basics
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/fridays-all-woman-spacewalk-the-basics
Although it's the 221st spacewalk performed in support of space station assembly, it's the first to be conducted entirely by women, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (at left above) and Christina Koch (at right above). It’s the first spacewalk for Meir; she’ll become the 15th woman overall and 14th U.S. woman to spacewalk.
The two women who participated in the historic all-woman spacewalk were NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir.
The historic all-woman spacewalk took place on October 18, 2019.
The historic all-woman spacewalk lasted for 7 hours and 17 minutes.
The purpose of the historic all-woman spacewalk was to replace a faulty battery charge-discharge unit on the International Space Station.
The historic all-woman spacewalk was the first of its kind, making it the only all-woman spacewalk in history so far.