NASA Astronauts Perform 5th All-Female Spacewalk Outside International Space Station Written 2 May 2025

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NASA Astronauts Perform 5th All-Female Spacewalk Outside International Space Station

Official portrait of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members. From left: Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos; Pilot Nicole Ayers and Commander Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi from JAXA. | NASA

AP News reports, “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 from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts, who are now back home.”
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