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Historic All-Female Space Walk Crew Accidentally Drops Tool Bag Into Orbit
PJ Media ^ | 14 Nov 2023 | Athena Thornea

Posted on 11/14/2023 6:01:27 PM PST by Rummyfan

inadvertently set into motion by a Historic! all-female space walk crew. It is currently following a trajectory that precedes the International Space Station (ISS) by two to four minutes and is bright enough to be seen with only the aid of a pair of ordinary binoculars.

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara are currently on a science mission, living and working aboard the ISS microgravity laboratory. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the pair completed an impressive 6-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, or extravehicular activity (EVA), during which they made some repairs, failed to make others, and lost a sack of equipment.

On its blog, NASA reported...

At one point, an errant bag of equipment broke free from its captors and headed out into open space. UK space-ocrat Dr. Meganne Christian posted video of the moment the renegade tool bag made its bold escape from Historic! astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, whose fingers can be seen in shadow, grasping after it...

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: all; allfemale; female; iss; lostinspace; nasa; orbit; spacejunk; tether; wimmen
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The bag wasn’t ‘errant’ UNTIL the ditz lost it. And, the bag didn’t BREAK FREE. She LOST IT!


21 posted on 11/14/2023 6:14:38 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: FarCenter

Iranian descent? Armenian?


22 posted on 11/14/2023 6:14:56 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: algore
...even though search still works.

I did a search - I always do. No hits.

23 posted on 11/14/2023 6:15:58 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: FarCenter

That’s one heck of an Adam’s apple.


24 posted on 11/14/2023 6:16:37 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No…

“You should know.”

That’s generally the first response.


25 posted on 11/14/2023 6:19:39 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
That bag had all of the 10mm sockets on the station.
26 posted on 11/14/2023 6:19:55 PM PST by skimbell
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To: rktman

I thought that, too. Unless they reclaim it, it will eventually return to Earth or it could hit into something else.


27 posted on 11/14/2023 6:22:00 PM PST by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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To: Rummyfan

I was expecting a lot of nasty bag lady jokes but I see that this page has been sanitized.


28 posted on 11/14/2023 6:22:06 PM PST by George J. Jetso
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To: FarCenter

She should stick to something she’s good at like brushing her teeth instead of space travel


29 posted on 11/14/2023 6:22:33 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Rummyfan

Women lost a tool bag in 2007.


30 posted on 11/14/2023 6:23:43 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Rummyfan

Why is it that I’m not surprised?


31 posted on 11/14/2023 6:25:04 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Rummyfan

The sack of equipment should have been contained in a handbag.


32 posted on 11/14/2023 6:25:16 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Rummyfan

... a man with a broke down car in the middle of nowhere... “If I only had a crescent wrench a screwdriver, and a pair of pliers, I could fix this”. Then a few feet away....

THUD!

“Thank you Lord!”


33 posted on 11/14/2023 6:25:58 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: llevrok

“I’d not let them hold a flash light for me when I’m working on my car.”

MIT graduate, SuperCobra test pilot, 150 combat missions.

You would be honored to hold her flashlight.


34 posted on 11/14/2023 6:26:21 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Rummyfan

When reached for comment the females noted that it was just a handbag, and they ditched it because it clashed with their wardrobe.


35 posted on 11/14/2023 6:28:46 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Rummyfan

Surname is Iranian.


36 posted on 11/14/2023 6:28:47 PM PST by FarCenter
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The bag of tools just cost ‘We The People’ a million bucks, but no matter...

So... they were Snap-on?

.

37 posted on 11/14/2023 6:29:01 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: NWFree

“She should stick to something she’s good at like brushing her teeth instead of space travel”

Test pilot with 150 combat missions. What have you done?


38 posted on 11/14/2023 6:29:13 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: FarCenter

Didn’t Mel Blanc do a knock-off movie called “Lesbo’s in Space” ?


39 posted on 11/14/2023 6:31:23 PM PST by George from New England
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To: skimbell
"...That bag had all of the 10mm sockets on the station..."

Hahahahahahahahaha! Love it...

40 posted on 11/14/2023 6:31:58 PM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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