Bridenstine also said that the first all-female spacewalk will take at the end of this month. (Photo: Nasa/Bill Ingalls)
HIGHLIGHTS
- The first all-female spacewalk will take at the end of this month on March 29
- The mission includes astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch, aided on the ground by flight directors Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol
- The spacewalk is scheduled to last about seven hours
During a recent appearance on a science and tech radio show, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine asserted that the next person on the Moon is likely to be a woman.
"It’s also true that the first person on Mars is likely to be a woman," Jim Bridenstine said.
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However, he did not elaborate on why Nasa might be more likely to send a woman than a man to the Moon and Mars.
Bridenstine said that Nasa is committed to making sure to have a broad and diverse set of talent. "And we’re looking forward to the first woman on the Moon," he said.
Jim Bridenstine also referred to another upcoming milestone for women astronauts. He said that the first all-female spacewalk will take at the end of this month.
Expedition 59 -- scheduled for March 29 -- includes astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch, aided on the ground by flight directors Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol at Nasa's Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
It's scheduled to last about seven hours.
"We will go to the Moon in the next decade with innovative, new technologies and systems to explore more locations across the lunar surface than ever before," Bridenstine said in a statement on Monday.
He also said, "This time, when we go to the Moon, we will stay. We will use what we learn as we move forward to the Moon to take the next giant leap sending astronauts to Mars."
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