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2 NASA female astronauts embark on 6.5-hour spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday to take part in U.S. Spacewalk 93. It is the first all-female spacewalk since 2023 and just the fifth in NASA's ...
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NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk due to spacesuit shortage

The first all-female spacewalk will not take place in March as previously planned, according to NASA. NC State graduate Christina Koch and fellow astronaut Anne McClain were supposed to do a spacewalk ...
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Watch NASA conduct rare all-female spacewalk outside International Space Station

McClain and Ayers are both part of a SpaceX mission known as Crew-10 that reached the space station in March and paved the way for the Starliner astronauts to return home. NASA provided a livestream ...
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NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged ...
Time

Breaking the Gender Barrier May Be New for Space Tourism—But Not for NASA Missions

Nobody will be giving out any medals now that Blue Origin’s eleventh crewed space flight is in the books. The brief suborbital sojourn lifted off April 14, at 8:30 a.m. CDT and landed just 11 minutes ...
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Next class of astronauts has more women than men for the first time in NASA history

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.
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Watch NASA conduct rare all-female spacewalk outside International Space Station

Two NASA astronauts have ventured outside the International Space Station to conduct a rare all-female spacewalk. When astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1, ...