Guinness Honors Female NASA Astronauts for First All-Female Spacewalk

Guinness World Records announced on October 19, 2020, that NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir (pictured here), who made history with the first all-female spacewalk on October 18, 2019, are being honored for this achievement with a feature in the Guinness World Records 2021 edition. The historic spacewalk took place at the International Space Station, where they worked on maintenance and upgrades. While this was Koch's fourth spacewalk, it was Meir's first. NASA/UPI