Anne McClain is replaced by Nick Hague after being forced to pull out because of a shortage of medium-sized suits.
Two astronauts have replaced batteries outside the International Space Station in what should have been the first all-female spacewalk.
but was forced to pull out due to a shortage of medium-sized suitsNick Hague replaced her and joined Koch in installing new and stronger batteries for the station's solar power grid.Image:Its outdated nickel-hydrogen ones are being swapped out for lithium-ion ones, which store power collected by the solar wings and keep the outpost running when it's on the night side of Earth.A third spacewalk is planned for 8 April, but that will also be mixed gender.
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