World’s First All-Female Spacewalking Team Makes History As They Successfully Complete Their Spacewalking Mission

The world took notice of two female astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir as they comprised the first female spacewalking team that successfully completed their mission of replacing a broken part of the International Space Station’s power grid. The Mission Koch and Meir were trained to install new batteries in a spacewalk, but they ventured out a few days earlier to deal with an equipment failure. It was the second time in a year that a battery charger failed, putting on hold future battery installations for the solar power system.  The team successfully completed the job with wrenches, screwdrivers and power-grip tools.  NASA was planning to conduct an all-female spacewalk last spring but had to wait until summer due to the unavailability of medium size space suits. Mission Accomplished The seven-hour spacewalk mission was a success as Koch and Meir successfully replaced a faulty 19-year-old old charge-regulating device — the size of a big, bulky box — for one of the three new batteries. The Mission Control declared it a success as it informed the astronauts that after installing the new charger, the space station was back to full power. The women then dragged the broken unit inside to send it back to earth for analysis. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine commended the work of the astronauts and said that they had the right people doing the right job at the right time. He added that women are an inspiration to people all over the world. Image Source: Firstpost