Tag: Women
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NASA’s Christina Koch adds onto the world endurance record for women in space
NASA astronaut Christina Koch has been aboard the International Space Station since March. (NASA Photo) Every day for the next six weeks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will be setting a new women’s record for continuous time in space. Koch’s extended stint on the International Space Station follows up on astronaut Scott Kelly’s “Year in Space”…
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First all-female spacewalk team aces a repair job in orbit — and makes history
NASA astronaut Christina Koch floats on the end of the International Space Station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk. (NASA via YouTube) For the first time in history, two women teamed up today for a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir began the operation to fix a faulty electrical power system on the International…
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NASA’s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?
NASA astronaut Anne McClain keeps her eye on the Magic 8 Ball during zero-G training on NASA’s “vomit comet” airplane in 2014. The toy served as a mascot for the eight astronauts in the class of 2013, who were nicknamed the “8 Balls.” (Credit: NASA via @AstroAnnimal) That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts,…