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WATCH: The first all-female spacewalk happening Friday morning

Posted at 7:50 AM, Oct 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-18 07:50:18-04

HOUSTON, TX — Early Friday, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk will begin at 7:50 a.m. ET and last for about five or six hours.

Watch it live below:

In order to tell the astronauts apart, Koch's helmet camera views will bear the number 18 and Meir's will be number 11. Koch's spacesuit also has red stripes on it.

This will be the fourth spacewalk for Koch and the first for Meir.