Question: Name the space agency who’s all women spacewalk is recently scrapped due to lack of fitting spacesuits?
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c) JAXA
(d) CNSA
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- In March NASA’s plan to conduct the first all-female spacewalk had to be scrapped after the crew aboard the International Space Station encountered lack of well-fitting spacesuits as per the U.S. space agency.
- On 29th March, 2019, Ms. McClain (13th woman to perform a spacewalk) and Ms. Koch (14th woman to perform a spacewalk) were scheduled to perform historic spacewalk to install powerful lithium-ion batteries for one pair of the station’s solar arrays.
- No difference exists in a male’s or female’s suit, but female astronaut usually requires a smaller size.
- Individuals’ sizing needs may change when they are on orbit, in response to the changes living in microgravity can bring about in a body. In addition, no one training environment can fully simulate performing a spacewalk in microgravity, and an individual may find that their sizing preferences change in space.
Abhinav Mishra