World's 1st spacewalker dies at 85, Nasa wraps up seven-hour spacewalk
5 years, 2 months ago

World's 1st spacewalker dies at 85, Nasa wraps up seven-hour spacewalk

India Today  

Astronauts replaced oversized batteries outside the International Space Station on Friday, as news broke of the death of the world's first spacewalker. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration interrupted live TV coverage of its second spacewalk this week to announce Leonov's death at age 85. As US astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch wrapped up a successful seven-hour spacewalk, the rest of the station crew paid tribute to Leonov. Five days after their first spacewalk, Morgan and Koch swiftly continued swapping decade-old batteries in the station's solar power network with new and improved lithium-ion versions.

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On This Day: Soviet Cosmonaut Became the First Human to Walk in Space
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On This Day: Soviet Cosmonaut Became the First Human to Walk in Space

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Alexei Leonov was the first human being to walk in space, and the man who would have been first on the moon had the Soviets beaten the Americans. A skilled amateur painter, Leonov after he opened the outer hatch and entered space, over 161km above the Earth's surface, found the vista "indescribably beautiful." In his autobiography Two Sides of the …

Christina Koch and Jessica Meir head out for the first ever all-female spacewalk
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Christina Koch and Jessica Meir head out for the first ever all-female spacewalk

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Friday’s spacewalk is in line with the U.S. space agency’s aim to ramp up inclusivity in space. U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history on Friday when they stepped outside the International Space Station on the first all-female spacewalk. Koch and Meir, clad in white spacesuits and tethered by cords to the station some 254 miles above Earth, …

NASA astronauts are scheduled for the first all-female spacewalk in history
5 years, 10 months ago

NASA astronauts are scheduled for the first all-female spacewalk in history

CNN  

CNN — For the first time in history, an all-female crew will conduct a spacewalk at the International Space Station, NASA confirmed to CNN. As part of Expedition 59, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will carry out the spacewalk on March 29. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #WomenInSpace — Kristen Facciol March 1, 2019 “As currently scheduled, the March 29 spacewalk …

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