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Jessica Meir on a space walk
How NASA's Artemis rocket could launch the first woman on the Moon
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October 18, 2019. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir waves at the camera during a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch (out of frame). They ventured into the vacuum of space for seven hours and 17 minutes to swap a failed battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU) with a spare during the first all-woman spacewalk. The BCDU regulates the charge to the batteries that collect and distribute solar power to the orbiting lab's systems.
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How NASA's Artemis rocket could launch the first woman on the Moon
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Jessica Meir on a space walk
Jessica Meir outside the International Space Station, October 18, 2019. This space...
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