Watch 2 Astronauts Take 6th-Ever All-Female Spacewalk Today
- On Tuesday, Sept. 1, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot began the sixth all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station .
- Meir, from Maine, is conducting her seventh spacewalk, while Adenot, the first French woman to perform an EVA, is on her third; there have been five previous all-female ISS spacewalks.
- Replacing a retroreflector on the Harmony module to support docking is the primary task during the 6.5 hours excursion; the crew will also install jumper cables, prepare the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's radiator, and replace a truss camera.
- NASA officials designated Adenot as "crew member 1," wearing a suit with red stripes, while Meir serves as "crew member 2" in an unmarked suit for the operation.
- The operation moves Meir to third all-time for total EVAs by female NASA astronauts, trailing only Peggy Whitson with 10 EVAs and Suni Williams with nine.
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The Frenchman will lead a 100% feminine extravehicular release on Tuesday. She is accompanied by American astronaut Jessica Meir, who took part, in 2019, in the first space outing carried out by two women.
Astronaut will be in a duo with the American Jessica Meir, and will perform its third exit in less than two weeks. They will have to install connecting cables to strengthen the data relay systems.
French astronaut will perform this Tuesday a third exit from the International Space Station.
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For the third consecutive week, French astronaut is scheduled to perform maintenance operations outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. In tandem with Commander Jessica Meir, she will also become the first European woman to supervise an extra-vehicular exit.
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