Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the education background of Melanie Edwards due to a reporter’s error. Jacksonville native Christina Hammock Koch and fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir are embarking on the first all-female spacewalk to replace a faulty battery charge-discharge unit on the International Space Station.The pair will work on replacing the existing nickel-hydrogen batteries on the Port-6 truss structure at the International Space […]
Source: The Jacksonvill Daily News
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