Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will be aided on the ground by flight directors Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol in Houston.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Kicking off Women’s History Month, NASA announced Tuesday that its first-ever all-female spacewalk will take place later this month.will feature astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch, who will be aided on the ground by flight directors Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol at NASA's Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
In the past, spacewalks have been mostly conducted by male astronauts, with the help of some female crewmembers. These hours-long operations typically involve making repairs and upgrades to the outside of the space station. The March 29 spacewalk is expected to last about seven hours, but NASA has not yet specified what tasks McClain and Koch will tackle.
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