Space station's 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk

U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will step out Friday to replace a broken battery charger—marking the first all-female spacewalk.

That changes Friday with spacewalk No. 421.

The battery charger failed after Koch and a male crewmate installed new batteries outside the space station last week. NASA put the remaining battery replacements on hold to fix the problem and moved up the women's planned spacewalk by three days.

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