{"id":22503,"date":"2025-05-01T15:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronaut-anne-mcclain-joins-all-female-spacewalk-6-years-after-missing-out-over-suit-sizing-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:31:46","slug":"astronaut-anne-mcclain-joins-all-female-spacewalk-6-years-after-missing-out-over-suit-sizing-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronaut-anne-mcclain-joins-all-female-spacewalk-6-years-after-missing-out-over-suit-sizing-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk \u2014 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-cancels-all-female-spacewalk-nasa-scraps-first-all-female-spacewalk-over-lack-of-well-fitting-spacesuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">because of a spacesuit sizing issue<\/a><\/span> got her chance six years later on Thursday. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crew-9-astronauts-return-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">replace NASA&#8217;s two stuck astronauts<\/a><\/span>, who are now back home. <\/p>\n<p>Minutes before floating out, McClain noticed strands of string on the index finger of her right glove. Mission Control briefly delayed the start of the spacewalk to make sure her glove was safe.<\/p>\n<p>During their spacewalk, the pair will prepare the space station for another new set of solar panels and move an antenna on the 260-mile-high complex. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/01\/13246ffc-b37b-4b56-b1c2-7ef043c147d3\/thumbnail\/620x357\/76dd21534babfe720ec81a548e6a382f\/ap25121489241049.jpg?v=5bc79e41160fef925ca37e685496f706#\" alt=\"Spacewalk \" height=\"357\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/01\/13246ffc-b37b-4b56-b1c2-7ef043c147d3\/thumbnail\/620x357\/76dd21534babfe720ec81a548e6a382f\/ap25121489241049.jpg?v=5bc79e41160fef925ca37e685496f706 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/01\/13246ffc-b37b-4b56-b1c2-7ef043c147d3\/thumbnail\/1240x714\/ac8de090d068c6785f701683f5de69d4\/ap25121489241049.jpg?v=5bc79e41160fef925ca37e685496f706 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this image provided by NASA, astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk, Thursday, May 1, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA TV \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The space station had to be raised into a slightly higher orbit Wednesday evening to avoid <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/space-junk-risk-impacting-planes-researchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">space junk<\/a><\/span>: part of a 20-year-old Chinese rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The first spacewalk was conducted in 1965, by Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. Nearly 20 years later, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space during a solo outing in 1984.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first U.S. female spacewalker later that same year. Spacewalks with more than one astronaut were conducted with only men or with mixed-gender teams until 2019, when NASA conducted the first all-female spacewalk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McClain, an Army colonel and helicopter pilot, was set to take part in that 2019 spacewalk, but there weren&#8217;t enough medium-size suits after she requested her size be changed following another outing. The spacewalk <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/first-all-female-spacewalk-scheduled-october-21-spacesuit-sizing-problem-delayed-excursion-nasa-today-2019-10-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was delayed<\/a><\/span> and later conducted by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/first-all-female-spacewalk-nasa-astronauts-international-space-station-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Christina Koch and Jessica Meir<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McClain and Ayers&#8217; spacewalk marked the fifth all-female outing in 60 years. It was McClain&#8217;s third spacewalk and Ayers&#8217; first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Men still outnumber women in NASA&#8217;s astronaut corps. Of NASA&#8217;s 47 active astronauts, 20 are women. Of the seven astronauts currently living at the space station, McClain and Ayers, an Air Force major and former fighter pilot, are the only women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/all-female-spacewalk-by-the-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Koch<\/a><\/span> will soon become the first woman to fly to the moon. 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