President Trump Calls Astronauts During First All-Woman Spacewal

NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard and Sam Scimemi, Director of NASA’s International Space Station Division, watch from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters as President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, talks to NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir from the Roosevelt Room of the White House as they conduct the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)