NASA International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Christina Koch made history last week after completing the first all-female spacewalk with Jessica Meir. Now NASA has released an incredible time-lapse taken during the event.PUBLISHED: 14:09, Fri, Oct 25, 2019 | UPDATED: 14:24, Fri, Oct 25, 2019 NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station on Sunday, October 18, to embark on the first-ever spacewalk to be conducted entirely by women. The best friends made history as they worked outside the orbiting space laboratory to repair a solar array. Now, an awe-inspiring time-lapse shot by Ms Koch during the spacewalk has been released, described as “one of the coolest photos that you ever will see”.The time-lapse image, a composite of 400 photos, reveals the glory of Earth when viewed from space. It’s one of the coolest photos that you ever will seeNASA astronaut Christina KochThe International Space Station shot shows stars, the Earth and events including thunderstorms and wildfires from space.The image was posted to Twitter yesterday with the caption: “@Astro_Christina is one of the fabulous women who went for a “walk” last week.“She took this time-lapse pic. 400 composite sequential photos over 11 minutes, as ISS traversed Namibia toward the Red Sea.READ MORE: International Space Station: Watch the moment astronauts dock with ISSNASA news: Christina Koch created a composite with 400 sequential photos over 11 minutes (Image: NASA)NASA news: Christina Koch has shared an incredible image of a Soyuz MS 15 from the ISS (Image: NASA)“It’s one of the coolest photos that you ever will see.”The big white patches in the image are believed to be lightning storms.The cities are the yellow dotted-streaks and some of the thinner orange lines with darker hues are actually fires in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Last week’s spacewalk was considered to be a resounding success, with Ms Koch and fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir performing crucial maintenance to the space station’s power systems.DON’T MISSWatch the International Space Station live stream here [LIVE]Asteroid shock: ‘Clock is ticking’ human race must leave Earth [INTERVIEW]Shock as ‘unidentified object’ feeding a mysterious black hole [PICTURES]The pair replaced a malfunctioning battery charge-discharge unit with a new unit.This component allows the space station to manage its power reserves, making it a vital piece of the system ensuring ISS receives power even when its solar panels do not receive sunlight.In a NASA streaming broadcast on Monday, Ms Koch explained her work during the spacewalk resulted in a contaminated glove.The “contaminant” was found on the glove after Ms Koch returned to the interior of ISS, and it is unclear where it came from.Ms Koch regularly tweets photographs and about her experience aboard the International Space Station.NASA news: Ms Koch regularly tweets photographs about her experience aboard ISS (Image: NASA)NASA news: The ISS is even more spacious than a conventional five-bedroom house (Image: Getty)NASA news: 230 individuals from 18 countries have visited the International Space Station (Image: Express) The NASA astronaut also took a “space selfie” while hurtling over Earth at 17,000mph during the spacewalk.And late last month she shared an incredible image of a Soyuz MS 15 rocket en route to rendezvous with ISS.The NASA flight engineer posted the photo on Twitter with the accompanying caption: “What it looks like from @Space_Station when your best friend achieves her lifelong dream to go to space.”Accompanying Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut and Ms Koch’s best friend, were Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates.
NASA news: ISS astronaut snaps STUNNING time-lapse from 250 miles up in space – Express.co.uk
