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NASA doesn’t have enough spacesuits for the first all-women spacewalk — so they canceled it

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech NASA doesn’t have enough spacesuits for the first all-women spacewalk — so they canceled it

Earlier this month, NASA announced its plans to conduct its first ever all-women spacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain. What would have been a giant leap for womankind will have to wait because of issues with women’s spacesuit sizes. Koch and McClain were scheduled to swap out batteries on the outside of the International Space Station this Friday, but NASA canceled it because there was only one medium-size torso outerwear available, and both Koch and McClain wear this size. The mission is currently set to run as planned, with astronaut Nick Hague taking McClain’s place. Some more shots…

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