NASA Leadership and Members of Congress watch First All-Woman Sp

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., takes a video of a screen showing NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir as they venture outside the International Space Station beginning the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., takes a video of a screen showing NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir as they venture outside the International Space Station beginning the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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