NASA is set to launch the first all-female spacewalk Friday, after canceling it earlier this year because it didn’t have two spacesuits in the right size. Earlier this year, a spacewalk featuring Ms. Koch and NASA astronaut Anne McClain was scheduled to be the first all-female walk, but plans were scrapped when NASA said it didn’t have a spacesuit available in Ms. McClain’s size. Ms. Meir is now scheduled to join Ms. Koch on a spacewalk, NASA said. It’s really nice to see how far we’ve come,” Ms. Meir said of their approaching all-female milestone. The longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut was 340 days, set by former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 17, 2019 13:50 UTC