Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first European woman to face a spacewalk (ANSA) Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first European woman to face a spacewalk. This is indicated by NASA's programming, according to which the extravehicular activity (Eva) of the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled for 21 July at 16.00 Italian time. With her will be the Russian colleague Oleg Artemyev. The expected duration is up to 7 hours.
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first European woman to face a spacewalk.
This is indicated by NASA's programming, according to which the extravehicular activity (Eva) of the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled for 21 July at 16.00 Italian time.
With her will be the Russian colleague Oleg Artemyev.
The expected duration is up to 7 hours.