NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station on Thursday alongside Nichole Ayers. They launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts, who are now back home. During their spacewalk, the pair prepared the space station for new solar panels and moved an antenna. McClain should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there weren’t enough medium-size suits. The latest was the fifth all-female spacewalk in 60 years of spacewalking.

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