CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth. They don’t know when they might go out together again, perhaps in coming weeks or months for more battery work. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, meanwhile, hailed the “unmanned” spacewalk and noted the social media attention was tremendous. During a news conference from orbit, Koch said she’s pleased that some outdated phrases — manned spaceflight, unmanned rockets — are being replaced. So I just continue to use that language myself and to encourage its use in others.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 17:48 UTC