Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and France's Sophie Adenot will conduct the sixth all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live.
On September 1, two astronauts will perform history's sixth all-female spacewalk, which will be live-streamed. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot will exit the International Space Station around 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) for an approximately 6.5-hour excursion. Live coverage will begin at 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) on Space.com and directly from NASA.
Meir and Adenot will carry out various tasks, including replacing a retroreflector on the Harmony module, installing jumper cables for data relay systems, preparing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for maintenance, and swapping a high-definition camera on the ISS truss. Adenot, who made history as the first French woman to perform an extravehicular activity (EVA) just two weeks ago, will be crew member 1, while Meir, serving as crew member 2, will wear a suit with no distinctive markings.
This spacewalk will mark the third for Adenot and the seventh for Meir, placing her among the top three female NASA astronauts in terms of EVA experience.
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