NASA has aborted its mission for a first-ever all-female spacewalk around the International Space Station because there are not enough spacesuits to fit the female astronauts
Photos of NASA astronauts Anne C. McClain, left, and Christina Hammock Koch. By Lindsey Bever , Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow Kayla Epstein and Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow March 26 at 8:14 AM , the agency said.
But NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz said in an email Tuesday to The Washington Post that both women now need a medium-sized hard upper torso — the shirt of the spacesuit — and there is only one medium-sized suit on the space station that is ready for use. NASA said astronauts Nick Hague and McClain completed the first spacewalk in the series earlier this month, so Hague and Koch plan to set out on the next one later this week.
McClain, a U.S. Army officer and a pilot, “wanted to be an astronaut from the time I was 3 or 4 years old,” she said in a 2015 NASA video interview. “I remember telling my mom at that time, and I never deviated from what I wanted to be. Something about exploration has fascinated me from a young age.
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NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk, says there aren't enough spacesuits that fitAfter Koch and McClain both found out they required the same size spacesuit, it was discovered that only one could be made by the mission’s scheduled date.
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