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NASA’S first all-female spacewalk is going to commence and will be communicated live over the web. Watch the memorable spacewalk live online here.

NASA space travelers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are planned to leave the International Space Station (ISS) today (Friday, October 18). The space traveler pair will be the principal all-lady group to perform upkeep chip away at the space station. The memorable spacewalk comes following a seven-month postponement to the occasion initially anticipated March.

NASA’s space travelers will leave the ISS for what is the third spacewalk this month.

The space explorers are entrusted with supplanting an ISS control controller that has fizzled.

NASA space explorers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are booked to leave the International Space Station (ISS) today (Friday, October 18). The space explorer couple will be the principal all-lady group to perform support take a shot at the space station. The noteworthy spacewalk comes following a seven-month deferral to the occasion initially made arrangements for March.

You can watch their exertion in the inserted video player underneath, obligingness of NASA TV.

Mrs Koch will leave the ISS four the fourth time in her space traveler vocation.

For Ms Meir, be that as it may, this will be her absolute initially spacewalk.

What time is the NASA spacewalk today?

NASA at first arranged the spacewalk for Thursday, October 17.

The space organization has, be that as it may, drove the occasion back by one day to Friday, October 18.

The spacewalk is planned to commence at 12.50pm BST (7.50am EDT).

NASA stated: “On Friday, October 18, starting at around 5.50am EDT, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk.”

“The duo will exit the station’s Quest airlock in their US spacesuits to replace a power controller that failed over the weekend.”

How to watch the NASA spacewalk today?

People can watch the activity unfurl 250 miles (402km) above Earth here on Express.co.uk, obligingness of NASA.

The space office will communicate the spacewalk online over YouTube.

NASA’s live inclusion of the occasion will start today around 11.30am BST (6.30am EDT).

Just hit the play button on the implanted video player above.

NASA predicts the spacewalk will last around five-and-a-half hours through and through.

NASA stated: “The pair in their US spacesuits will venture to the far side of the station on the Port 6 truss structure.”

“Once there, the spacewalkers will take about five-and-a-half hours to replace the failed power regulator with a spare BCDU.”

“The BCDU had been in operation since December 2000 and is due to return to Earth on the next SpaceX Dragon resupply ship for inspection.”

“The device regulates the charge to batteries that collect and distribute power to the station.”

NASA had initially arranged five spacewalks for October to overhaul the space station’s batteries.

The space organization has additionally penciled in five more spacewalks to fix a grandiose molecule finder, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, among November and December.

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