OTD In Space – July 25: First Spacewalk By A Woman - video Dailymotion

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On July 25, 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk, also known as an extravehicular activity.   She spent three hours and 35 minutes doing welding experiments outside Russia's Salyut 7 space station with her colleague Vladimir Dzhanibekov. They were cutting and welding metal and testing out new tools. During this mission, she also became the first woman to return to space for a second mission.

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00:00On this day in space.

00:03In 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk,

00:09also known as an extravehicular activity.

00:11She spent 3 hours and 35 minutes doing welding experiments outside Russia's Salyut 7 space station

00:17with her colleague Vladimir Zanetbekov.

00:19They were cutting and welding metal and testing out new tools.

00:22During this mission, she also became the first woman to return to space for a second time.

00:26And that's what happened on this day in space.

00:30NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

OTD In Space – July 25: First Spacewalk By A Woman

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