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NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizing

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NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizing

Two female NASA astronauts will not make history on Friday by being the first-ever all female crew to conduct a spacewalk at the International Space Station because of spacesuit availability.

Anne McClain will not be joining Christina Koch on the spacewalk as originally planned, and Nick Hague will take McClain’s place.

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