GALA Students Watch the First All-Female Spacewalk Live

11/11/19—Students at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy, Dr. Michelle King School for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (GALA) recently came to school early in the morning to watch NASA astronauts Jessica Mier and Christina Koch make history as they completed the first all-female spacewalk. The astronauts were dispatched from the International Space Station to replace a faulty lithium-ion battery, which the students watched live on NASA TV.

Samuel C. Gilstrap, the Los Angeles Unified School District public information officer, noted, “This is particularly meaningful to them as they are a STEM-focused school for girls.” The students were eager and excited to watch such a monumental moment in STEM history for women.