NASA made history Friday morning when female astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir stepped outside the International Space Station to replace a faulty battery charger.


Koch was first to venture out of the ISS with a red tether attacher to her spacesuit. Meir soon followed, carrying a tool bag as she made her way out of the hatch at 7:49 a.m.

The spacewalk was originally scheduled for 5½ hours, but the crews successfully completed their main task and the mission was extended to more than seven hours so the astronauts could perform some additional jobs.

The historic float outside the orbiting laboratory into the vacuum of space came several months after another all-female spacewalk was canceled because NASA did not have enough spacesuits in the right size.

Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir step out of the International Space Station to attempt the first all-female spacewalk

See the twitter post from ISS:

President Trump congratulated Koch and Meir via teleconference this afternoon.“You represent this country so well. Our country is very proud of you”

Ready for spacewalk