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In first, spacewalk conducted by two women: NASA TV


October 18, 2019

WASHINGTON: The first ever spacewalk with an all-female team began Friday, footage broadcast by NASA showed. US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir´s mission to replace a power controller outside the International Space Station officially began at 1138 GMT. “Christina, you may egress the airlock,” spacecraft communicator Stephanie Wilson told the two. “Friday’s all-woman spacewalk is generating public interest we …

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In first, NASA spaceship begins orbit of asteroid


January 1, 2019

TAMPA: A NASA spacecraft set a new milestone Monday in cosmic exploration by entering orbit around an asteroid, Bennu, the smallest object ever to be circled by a human-made spaceship. The spacecraft, called OSIRIS-REx, is the first-ever US mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth. The $800 million unmanned spaceship launched …

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