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Medical basics like gauze and rescue blankets but the agent says the most important thing he hopes to leave with teachers is the ability to act quickly in situations where every second counts. >> i want them to feel comfortable with doing something because in these situations, the quick response of doing something will always be a benefit as opposed to feeling like they don't have the knowledge and they don't -- aren't able to help. >> you see on the news with all the other schools, where they always say it will never happen here, and i mean that's the mindset here and it could happen and this...

>> let me know when you're clear for me to start. >> reporter: traveling at 17,000 miles per hour, it was all business for astronauts jessica meir and christina koch, wearing the red tether replacing a failed power system on the space station. >> i have control of the battery. >> reporter: but today's milestone not lost on either woman. the first all-female space walk ever. >> we called ourselves space sisters because we were together really joined at the hip going through all the classes together. >> reporter: both women part of the astronaut class of 2013 this was koch's fourth space walk, t...

Finall finally tonight, one giant leap for two nasa astronauts. the first all-female spacewalk. and possible future astronauts watching from back here on earth. here's abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, one giant leap for women in space. >> hello, united states. >> reporter: astronauts jessica meir and christina koch venturing outside the international space station and into history. the first all-female spacewalk. >> oh, wow, the baja peninsula. >> nice. >> wow. >> wow. >> reporter: meir and koch spending more than seven hours working in outer space, replacing a controller that h...

Things only got complicated today when the president called, because it just could be that space and space travel is a fraught topic for donald trump. but here is how it went. >> station, this is president donald trump. do you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> that's great. [ laughter ] i was starting to get worried about you. this is the first time for a woman outside of the space station, the first ever female space walk to replace an exterior part of the space station. >> first of all, we don't want to take too much credit because there has been many other female space walkers before us. this...

Today when the president called because it just could be that space and space travel is a fraught topic for donald trump. but here's how it went. >> station, this is president donald trump. do you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> that's great. that's great. i was starting to get worried about you. [ applause ] this is the first time for a woman outside of the space station. the first ever female spacewalk to replace an exterior part of the space station. >> first of all, we don't want to take too much credit because there have been many others before us. this is just the first time that there h...