The astronaut This woman is really out of this world Since March 19 2019 U S astronaut Christina Koch has been working in and on the ISS space station In October the electrical engineer made space exploration history Once again one might add because the 40 year old holds the record of a woman s longest stay in space to date Now Koch is even part of the fi rst all female spacewalk crew Following three previous extra vehicular activity EVA missions This is the body temperature in space one degree 1 5 F more than on the Earth Under physical strain it may rise to 40 C 104 F because perspiration that cools the body is inhibited in a weightless environment This is how long the fi rst all female EVA mission lasted During this period of time the ISS orbits the Earth nearly fi ve times Koch s earlier spacewalks were similarly long 7 17 hours 38 C 100 F Working in weightlessness Christina Koch above and selfi e at left has four spacewalks under her belt Together with her colleague Jessica Meir on the fourth one she made space exploration history accompanied by a male astronaut Koch on her fourth one left the ISS together with her colleague Jessica Meir The two astronauts replaced a charge discharge unit for lithium ion batteries supplying the solar array with electric power In an interview before the all female mission that made worldwide headlines Meir had commented The nice thing for us is we don t even think about it on a daily basis It s just normal we re just part of the team It doesn t always have to be a desk These ten people have a slightly diff erent workplace By Wiebke Brauer Out of offi ce 18

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