It was a very proud moment when earlier this month, NASA announced that the world¡¯s first-ever all-female spacewalk will happen on March 29. The first all-female spacewalk was set to be performed by American astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch at the International Space Station.
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However, the historic moment seems to have been cancelled and take a guess why. It is due to the shortage of spacesuits for female astronauts. Both of them would require a medium-size torso component. But only one is readily available at the International Space Station.
NASA released a statement after it cancelled the spacewalk:
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NASA took to Twitter and wrote that Koch is still scheduled to participate, along with her fellow astronaut Nick Hague; McClain did her first spacewalk last week. But the first women-only venture stands cancelled for now.
¡°After consulting with McClain and Hague following the first spacewalk, mission managers decided to adjust the assignments, due in part to spacesuit availability on the station,¡± NASA said in a statement.
McClain took to Twitter and shared pictures of her last spacewalk:
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