1st all-woman spacewalk sparks unprecedented interest: NASA

Washington: Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christa Koch made history with the first all-female spacewalk, an excursion to repair a power unit on the International Space Station.
The mission began at 11.39 GMT on Friday and the women spent seven hours and 17 minutes working outside the ISS as it circled the Earth at 27,600 km/h (17,100 mph), Efe news reported.
Viewers who tuned into NASA’s live-stream of the spacewalk saw the white-suited astronauts in stark relief against the black of deep space.
Koch and Meir paused in their labors for a few minutes to take a call from US President Donald Trump.
“Station – this is President Donald Trump do you hear me?,” he began. When the astronauts answered – after a long pause – he responded: “I was starting to get worried about you. You’re in an interesting place.” Describing Meir and Koch as “brave, brilliant women,” Trump hailed their “historic” mission.