NASA Cancels The First All-Female Spacewalk Due To Lack Of Spacesuits In Women's Size

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.

The two @NASA_Astronauts who will venture outside of the @Space_Station for Friday¡¯s spacewalk are Nick Hague (@AstroHague) & Christina Koch (@Astro_Christina). Find out more details about updated spacewalk assignments: https://t.co/SA57MnE5dY pic.twitter.com/ApEs4YfpHJ

¡ª NASA (@NASA) March 25, 2019

¡°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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¡ª Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal) March 25, 2019

Some more shots of the #spacewalk on Friday ¨C was privileged to work with my friend and colleague @NASA_Astronauts @AstroHague pic.twitter.com/KueUo7HXFm

¡ª Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal) March 25, 2019