WATCH: NASA's first all-female spacewalk happens today!

Women are making history on the final frontier.

By ABIGAIL ROSENTHAL/GATEHOUSE MEDIA/THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL/TNS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

OCTOBER 18, 2019 15:49

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NASA's first all-female spacewalk takes place on Friday.

Astronauts Christina Koch, an American, and Jessica Meir, a Swedish-American-Israeli, will head out on a spacewalk to replace a power controller that failed over the weekend.

Koch and Meir are scheduled to exit the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:50 AM ET. NASA will livestream the event on NASA Live starting at 6:50 a.m. ET that day.

Gearing up for Friday’s spacewalk to help the ground teams repair one of the battery channels with @Astro_Christina.. . . first spacesuit selfie, check!✔️Photos will be much more spectacular once we pass through the hatch. Be sure to watch live: https://t.co/8ggAQFbzAh pic.twitter.com/oXUDnDvLLY
— Jessica Meir (@Astro_Jessica) October 16, 2019

Earlier this week, NASA announced the spacewalk would take place on Thursday or Friday. It was initially scheduled for Monday.

Originally, the first all-female spacewalk was to take place in March. It had to be postponed after properly fitting spacesuits weren't ready in time for Koch and astronaut Anne McClain.

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