NASA astronaut Christina Koch (center) helps fellow astronauts Nick Hague (left) and Anne McClain into their spacesuits shortly before they begin the first spacewalk of their careers on March 29 (Image: NASA)The first all-female spacewalk in history has been CANCELLED, due to a lack of suitable spacesuits. The spacewalk will go ahead on Friday, but Ms Koch will now be accompanied by her male colleague Nick Hague, rather than Ms McClain. Meanwhile, Ms McClain is tentatively scheduled to perform her next spacewalk on Monday, April 8, with Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques. Ms McClain realised that the medium-size spacesuit suited her best when she worked outside the station on 22 March. The spacesuits available at the ISS are assemblies of several parts put together, as best adapted to each astronaut's body, according to NASA.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2019 05:03 UTC