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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: Rummyfan

Helluva price to pay for being stylish.


41 posted on 11/14/2023 6:32:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TexasGator

Does she fly by the skin of her teeth?

Bahahahahaha


42 posted on 11/14/2023 6:33:12 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Rummyfan

None of the news stories I read on this, until this one, mentioned they were all female.


43 posted on 11/14/2023 6:36:58 PM PST by libh8er
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To: skimbell

Lol!


44 posted on 11/14/2023 6:39:08 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: NWFree

“Does she fly by the skin of her teeth?

Bahahahahaha”

How many combat missions have you flown?


45 posted on 11/14/2023 6:40:38 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TheWriterTX

There has been discussion of building a super canon just for launching small durable items into orbit.

How many spare wrenches do you think they carry?


46 posted on 11/14/2023 6:41:10 PM PST by jdege
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To: NWFree

But not one of them dropped their purse

or broke a nail...


47 posted on 11/14/2023 6:42:17 PM PST by Zack Attack (✔)
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To: Gaffer

The phrase “it was found before it was lost”
Becomes:
The swag went errant.

Short and sweet.


48 posted on 11/14/2023 6:43:40 PM PST by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and curmudgeons.)
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To: Rummyfan

Another female makes a mess of it.


49 posted on 11/14/2023 6:44:50 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Bullish

That’s one heck of an Adam’s apple.

+Man Hands


50 posted on 11/14/2023 6:45:01 PM PST by sonova (No money? You're free to go.)
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To: TexasGator

How many space missions have you flown?

Did you drop your tool bag too?


51 posted on 11/14/2023 6:45:07 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: jdege

There has been discussion of building a super canon just for launching small durable items into orbit.

Like those T-Shirt Launchers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b3pJYfv5eg


52 posted on 11/14/2023 6:45:43 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

Panicked and dropped their purses.


53 posted on 11/14/2023 6:46:04 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: NWFree

Sad you laugh at a person that went into combat while you were occupied doing what?


54 posted on 11/14/2023 6:47:15 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Sad you are is right


55 posted on 11/14/2023 6:48:28 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Zack Attack

“or broke a nail...”

While piloting 150 combat missions ...


56 posted on 11/14/2023 6:48:41 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: MeanWestTexan

“Panicked and dropped their purses.”

She never panicked as a test pilot or while on her 150 combat missions.


57 posted on 11/14/2023 6:50:12 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: NWFree

Go ahead cry to your mommie like Caleb Williams


58 posted on 11/14/2023 6:50:40 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: FarCenter

No offense intended, but her name sounds a little like "Meatball".

59 posted on 11/14/2023 6:51:22 PM PST by Songcraft
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