President Trump Congratulates All Woman Spacewalk Crew
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 61 crew members Christina Koch and Jessica Meir received a congratulatory call Oct. 18 from President Trump and Ivanka Trump following the women’s completion of their spacewalk, the first all-female spacewalk in history. During Koch and Meir’s historic spacewalk, they replaced a faulty battery charging unit on the station’s far port truss associated with new lithium-ion batteries installed to upgrade the station’s power system.