NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

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Cape Canaveral. An astronaut who missed the first exclusively female spacewalk because of a problem with the size of the suit had her chance yesterday, six years later.

Astronauts perform 5th all-female spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday.

In 2019, McClain was originally scheduled to be part of the first all-female spacewalking team, but at the time there were not enough size M spacesuits on the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform 5th all-female spacewalk

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to…