Mary Aaron

NASA is ready to launch its first full-crew spacewalk on October 21.

The flight was scheduled to take place in March to coincide with the celebration of International Women's Day, but was postponed to an unspecified date, after the agency faced a crisis in the sizes of the suits of astronauts;

The agency replaced one astronaut with another astronaut to finish the mission, with astronaut Christina Koch, who has been on the international station ever since; an astronaut has shared several spacewalks with her male colleagues.

Space walk missions
Spacewalk is a risky task, not only to document historical moments, but also a sensitive task, including charging the outer batteries of the International Space Station, and making repairs and maintenance in the body of the outer space station.

The upcoming missions will see the fuel used to generate the plant be replaced with lithium, to ensure higher efficiency, and will be in multiple stages, until the task is complete, given the difficulty of movement with zero gravity in space.

Although astronauts completed 200 spacewalks outside the ISS, only 15 women took part.

For the first time in history, Jessica Mir will share with her colleague Christina Koch without escorting any astronaut or captain as usual.

Cancel the March task
Jessica Mir was not destined to write her name in history by participating in the last voyage, as Anne McLean was supposed to participate in that historic event, but a technical problem in measuring the top of the space suit prevented both astronauts out.

Although NASA's annual budget exceeds $ 21 billion, it has allocated two medium-sized and large space suits.

While Kosh was given a medium size, McLean refused to wear the large-size suit, and the agency commented that the astronaut's sense of comfort and safety in the suit is not to be ignored, especially as the suits of the size of "large" (large) commensurate with the physical standards of men.

Earlier this year, Kush and McLean had already accomplished historic missions. They went on missions in space to change the batteries of the outer station, which generate power at the space station when the Earth blocks sunlight from the space station, which is interchangeable between batteries and solar charging.

Jessica Mir
Jessica Mir holds a Masters in Space Science and Studies, and a Ph.D. in Aquatic Biology. She is an adjunct professor at Harvard University School of Medicine, and has a diverse research on physiological adaptation in low-oxygen environments. And the ocean.

She also worked on a NASA project within the naval mission that was studying extreme environmental conditions underwater and is now on her first space flight aboard the International Space Station.

Christina Kush
Kush studied electrical engineering, and during her career fought two areas: the first equipment development science in space, and the second remote control in the engineering field.

She began her career at NASA as an electrical engineer, and during her career began her passion for studying space and cosmology, to do some research she had to spend the winter at the Antarctic Edmonton Scott station, as well as a full season at Palmer Station.

During that period, she worked in ocean research teams, worked in rescue and development operations, and returned again to study applied physics in space, remote control sciences and many other studies, which qualified her to hold several important research positions. She is now part of Noah's team. Disaster Study.

Kush is scheduled to return to Earth in February 2020, where her missions include studies on the vital signs of women during long periods in space, in preparation for long missions on the surface of the moon and Mars, where the completion of this mission will be 328 days in space, the longest time spent by a woman At the international station.

Of the 12 men who landed on the moon, NASA has not chosen any of the pioneers, making it seriously contemplating a project involving the first woman on the moon, set to launch its own mission in 2024.

In space, women have participated in 12 of NASA's 38 astronauts, and 17 astronauts are expected to take part in the next mission, which is now being prepared, through the preparation of a cadre trained to deal with the extreme conditions, and undergone all tests Physiological, among which experience the impact of life in space for long periods, which Kush is trying to reach in her journey now.