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

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…

NASA Astronaut Alarmed to Notice "Slice" in Her Suit's Glove During Spacewalk

This morning, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers stepped outside the International Space Station inside their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suits. It was an exceedingly rare all-female spacewalk, with the goal of mounting a bracket for a future solar array to increase the station's power generation capacity by up to 30 percent. But as spotted by NASASpaceflight, the six-and-a-half-hour mission wasn't entirely without hiccups. Le…

NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5th-ever all-female spacewalk

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May 1, moving an antenna and partially preparing the ISS for a new set of solar arrays.

Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk — 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.

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

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.