NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir waves during her first spacewalk with fellow astronaut Christina Koch October 18, 2019 in Earth Orbit. The astronauts held the first all female spacewalk to replace a faulty battery charge discharge unit that failed to activate following the earlier installation of new lithium ion batteries.

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Location: International Space Station, Earth Orbit
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