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NASA astronaut Christina Koch gestures from inside a bus shortly before her expedition launched at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 14th, 2019.

NASA Says It Hopes to Accommodate Smaller Sizes in a New Space Suit Planned for the Mid-2020s

Though the agency eliminated the extra-small and small in previous space suits, NASA's lead spokesperson says sizing will factor into new designs.

NASA astronaut Anne McClain reacts as her space suit is tested prior to the launch onboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 3rd, 2018.

Why NASA Canceled the First All-Female Space Walk

Can the space suits of tomorrow overcome the gender disparities of today?

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What Spending a Year in Space Does to Your Mind

It's stressful, but transcendental too.