As NASA explained it, one was bound to happen eventually because of the increasing number of female astronauts. Live video of the spacewalk showed two figures in bulky white gear — first Koch, then Meir — working outside of the space station, which glowed against the blackness of space. That sparked an outcry — and a “Saturday Night Live” spoof — about the legacy of sexism in the space program. “You’re doing an incredible job,” Trump told the astronauts on Friday during a call to the space station. McClain returned to Earth in June after 204 days in space, and Meir arrived at the space station in late September.

Source: bd News24 October 19, 2019 12:11 UTC