NASA scraps all-women spacewalk for lack of well-fitting suits

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Christina Koch will now perform tasks in space Friday with fellow American Nick Hague - instead of Anne McClain as originally planned.

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, a member of the International Space Station expedition 59/60.

Christina Koch will now perform tasks in space Friday with fellow American Nick Hague -- instead of Anne McClain as originally planned. McClain worked outside the station last week -- with Hague -- when she realized that a"medium"-sized upper half of her spacesuit fit her better. She said two upper parts in each of the three available spacesuit sizes are currently held at the ISS: medium, large and extra large.

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