Two astronauts—NASA’s Jessica Meir and ESA’s Sophie Adenot—conduct a rare all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sept. 1. Multiple outlets describe it as the sixth time in history that a spacewalk is carried out by two women.
Space.com reports the pair replace ISS equipment, including a camera and a docking aid, during a spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 49 minutes. The BBC similarly focuses on the rarity of the all-female team and notes the same historic count. Times of India adds biographical context about Meir and Adenot’s backgrounds and how their experience supports the mission.
While the outlets differ in emphasis—some highlighting the “sixth ever” milestone and others detailing the specific hardware replaced—they broadly agree on who flies, that the activity occurs outside the ISS, and that this is a historic all-female spacewalk.
