- Two NASA Astronauts Christina Koch (age 40 years) and Jessica Meir (age 42 years) became the first Female pairing to carry out a Spacewalk.
- Earlier this year, the mission was aborted following a spacesuit flub. They began their mission making standard safety checks on their suits and tethers.
- The US sent its first female astronaut (Sally Kristen Ride) into space in 1983 and has now had more women astronauts than any other country.
- But the first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, followed by compatriot Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. Svetlana Savitskaya was also the first woman spacewalker two years later.
source: newsonair
Published On : 19 Oct 2019
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