The first all-female space walk in history occurred on October 18. The plan was originally to send two male astronauts, but after a rocket launch aborted mid-flight, the two original astronauts who were supposed to go to the International Space Station were grounded. The schedule shifted and the agency announced that Christina Koch and Anne McClain — two women — would do the spacewalk instead.

  Just in time for Women’s History Month, NASA profited off the unexpected space-walk. Only later did it resurface that the walk was not originally planned to be the first all-women walk. Before the unexpected scheduling change, the space walk was planned to be partially male because NASA did not have enough space suits to fit both women. Both women required a medium size, but NASA claimed they did not have enough. In the end, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history .  

  News of the all-women spacewalk attracted far greater interest than the average spacewalk. On Friday, American officials called it a “historical moment for the future of space.”

  NASA argued that the all-female spacewalk was bound to happen eventually with all the women astronauts today. Either way, there is no doubt that the mission has inspired many aspiring astronauts of the younger generation, especially the girls. This ‘giant leap’ for womankind is not to be overlooked. Its importance and meaning will be admired throughout history as a huge moment in the battle for equal gender rights.