The nine selected women astronauts include Kate Rubins, Christina Koch, Jessica Meir, Anne McClain, Stephanie Wilson, Nicole Mann, Kayla Barron, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Jessica Watkins.
On Monday, the Guinness Book of World Records officially recognised Christina Koch and her colleague Jessica Meir for their historic spacewalk.
Koch’s is the second-longest single spaceflight by any US astronaut, NASA said in a release.
You can adore them or slam them, but you certainly cannot ignore them. The year 2019 belonged to women and the youth, they literally owned it. Here’s a roundup.
Christina Koch completes record breaking 289 days in space. With this she broke the record of the longest single space flight by a woman. Astronaut Peggy Whitson held the previous record of spaceflight of 288 days.
Floating in the Quest airlock, Koch makes her fourth spacewalk, and Meir, makes her first. It’s the 221st spacewalk since the International Space Station was established in 1998.
Earlier, in March, an attempt for an all-female spacewalk with Koch and another astronaut Ann McClain failed because of spacesuit size issues.
The historical first all-female spacewalk from International Space Station will finally happen on October 21 with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir on board.
“My background is looking at the physiology of animals in extreme environments. Now, I will be the animal in the extreme environment.” – Jessica Meir
Since the time the news broke earlier this month that NASA astronaut Christina Koch is all set to record the longest spaceflight by a woman, one question was unanswered. Why does National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) want a woman to stay on ISS for 11 months? What’s the purpose of this long venture? According to the reports, Koch ISS […]
