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NC State grad's spacewalk is still happening, but it's no longer historic. Here's why.

NASA's all-female spacewalk was scrapped after one of the astronauts realized she would feel safer in a different size suit. NASA ambassador Tony Rice explains how a spacesuit is the only thing keeping an astronaut alive during a spacewalk.
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NASA's all-female spacewalk was scrapped after one of the astronauts realized she would feel safer in a different size suit. NASA ambassador Tony Rice explains how a spacesuit is the only thing keeping an astronaut alive during a spacewalk.

Reporter : Elizabeth Gardner
Reporter : Tony Rice
Web Editor : Deborah Strange
Posted 2019-03-29T09:24:04-0400 - Updated 2019-03-29T09:24:04-0400