ASTRONAUTS CHRISTINA KOCH AND JESSICA MEIR DISCUSS THEIR HISTORIC SPACEWALK WITH THE MEDIA Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir of NASA discussed their historic first all-woman spacewalk Oct. 18 during a news conference conducted from orbit on Oct. 21. Koch and Meir replaced a faulty battery charging unit during their x hour, xx minute spacewalk Friday. It was the 221st spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades, the fourth for Koch and the first for Meir. Koch and Meir are both in the midst of long-duration missions on the orbital outpost.
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