Meng attends historic all-female
space walk at NASA headquarters
BY BILL PARRY
When NASA astronauts Jessic
Meir and Christina Koch made history
last week by conducting the
first all-female space walk outside
the International Space Station,
Congresswoman Grace Meng had a
front row seat watching it unfold at
NASA’s Space Operations Center in
Washington, D.C.
Koch and Meir, who both grew up
as members of the Girl Scouts, successfully
completed their mission to
replace a faulty battery charger in
seven hours and 17 minutes.
“Bravo to our fearless Astronauts
Koch and Meir for proving to all the
women and girls around the world
that nothing is impossible, even in
space,” Meng said. “They are an
inspiration for young women and
girls and we should celebrate their
achievement.”
Meng watched the proceedings
with several other members of Congress
and NASA Administrator Jim
Bridenstine. During a recent NASA
press conference, Meir and Koch
discussed the influence their space
walk would have on girls.
“There are a lot of people that derive
motivation from inspiring stories
from people that look like them
and I think it’s an important aspect
of the story to tell,” Koch said.
The two had trained together for
six years.
“What we’re doing now shows all
the work that went in for the decades
prior, all of the women that worked
to get us where we are today,” Meir
said. “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 a team, we’re doing
this work as an efficient team working
together with everybody else, so
it’s really nice to see how far we’ve
come.”
This was the fourth space walk of
Koch’s career and the first for Meir.
“Today’s event demonstrates no
ceiling can keep a woman down,”
Congresswoman Grace Meng watches history in the making as Astronauts Christina Koch
and Jessica Meir conduct the first all-female spacewalk. Courtesy of Meng’s offi ce
Meng said. “My hope is that this
historic moment in our history will
build confidence in girls around the
world to dream big. I can’t wait to
see what else women and girls can
achieve in space.”
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