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  Watch: NASA all-women team conduct spacewalk outside ISS

  Science | October 18, 2019 20:39 IST

  As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir emerged one by one, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out without a male crewmate.

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  NASA sets first all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring

  Science | October 05, 2019 19:07 IST

  Koch was supposed to do a spacewalk with another female crewmate in March. But NASA had to scrap the plan just a few days in advance because there wasn’t enough time to get a second medium-size spacesuit ready. The second medium was put together on board in June.

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  Spacewalking team takes another shot at stiff bolt

  World | September 05, 2012 21:17 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sept 5: Spacewalking astronauts armed with brushes and other homemade tools attempted to install a critical power-switching box at the International Space Station on Wednesday and revive electrical systems.A stiff bolt prevented