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President Trump Speaks to the Crew of the All-Woman Spacewalk

President Donald Trump speaks with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir during the first all-woman spacewalk.
President Donald Trump spoke to the astronauts from the Roosevelt Room at the White House.

President Donald Trump, second from left, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, left, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speaks with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir during the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38 a.m. EDT with Koch and Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first.

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls