NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first all-female spacewalk last week.
The historic moment came 35 years after Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to spacewalk. We hear from Koch, Meir, and Sullivan. Former NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan also tells us why she says this moment is long overdue.
This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez and edited by Viet Le and Geoff Brumfiel.
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