A power control failure aboard international space station has forced NASA to move up the historic all-female spacewalk to Thursday or Friday by rachsandl
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: When asked how they felt about their accomplishments being qualified by their gender, Koch said on NASA TV: “In the end, I do think it’s important because of the historical nature of what we’re doing and in the past, women haven’t always been at the table.” Meir then added, “What we’re doing now shows all the work that went in decades prior. All the women that worked to get us where we are today. I think the nice thing for us is we don’t even really think about it on a daily basis. It’s just normal. We’re part of the team.": Anne McClain, the astronaut originally assigned to the spacewalk in March, is no longer on the International Space Station.
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