Spacesuit Issue Delays First All-Women Spacewalk

HOUSTON—NASA is postponing for now plans to carry out the first all-female spacewalk due to a scarcity of properly sized spacesuit elements on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain were set to carry out the 6-7 hr. spacewalk outside the ISS to...

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