Chelsea Clinton, Buzz Aldrin among those weighing in on first all-female space walk

Florida Today

On July 25, 1984, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. Now, almost 35 years later, history will once again be made as the first all-female spacewalk is scheduled to take place March 29.

Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA during pre-launch training for launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will conduct a spacewalk as part of the Expedition 59 crew at the International Space Station, along with Canadian Space Agency flight controller, Kristen Facciol serving as console at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Anne McClain aboard the International Space Station in 2019.

Several notable people commented on the achievement:

"This #WomensHistoryMonth news is out of this world," Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said.

"Excited for first all-female spacewalk later this month! The astronauts and the ground team will all be women. Can't wait to cheer them on from afar!" Chelsea Clinton tweeted.

"One giant leap for HUMANkind," Dan Rather commented on Twitter.

"This isn't your grandfather's space mission!" Buzz Aldrin said on Twitter.

Another spacewalk is expected to take place before the all-female one. McClain is scheduled to conduct another spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Tyler "Nick" Hague on March 22.