NASA Astronauts Christina Koch & Jessica Meir Discuss First All Woman Spacewalk

NASA Astronauts Christina Koch & Jessica Meir Discuss First All Woman Spacewalk

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir reflect on the historic spacewalk they performed on Oct. 18, 2019, the first ever to be conducted by two women, as part of a series of upgrades to the International Space Station's power systems and physics observatories. They spent a total of 7 hours and 17 minutes in the vacuum of space. It was Koch’s fourth spacewalk and Meir’s first. Koch and Meir also conducted two additional all‑female spacewalks in January 2020. Jessica Meir is currently serving aboard the International Space Station on Expedition 74.

Jessica Meir Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/people/jessica-u-meir/

Christina Koch Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-hammock-koch/biography

Six years before her Artemis II Moon Mission, NASA astronaut, scientist, mission specialist, flight engineer, and spacewalker Christina Koch spent almost a year in space on International Space Station Expeditions 59-61, before coming home. 

When Koch returned to Earth after her long-duration human spaceflight mission, she had lived in space for 328 days, setting the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. During this time, Koch spent many of her hours on science activities aboard the International Space Station and wore many hats—farmer, biologist, physicist, engineer, test subject and many more.

Artemis II mission specialist and NASA astronaut Christina Koch joined NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a nearly 10-day lunar flyby mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and observing the lunar surface like never before, capturing iconic views.

Learn more about NASA's Artemis II Mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

How to Become a NASA Astronaut:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/become-an-astronaut/

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center 
Duration: 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Release Date: Oct. 23, 2019

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