America's first woman astronaut to walk in space explains the history of NASA spacesuit sizing.
There is currently another medium HUT on the space station, but it would require at least 12 hours of work to adjust it to fit McClain, who practiced space walks in water tanks in both medium and large space suits.
Sullivan completed her history-making spacewalk in 1984, but NASA funding has cut so dramatically since then that today's astronauts are using the same suits. In fact, some of the parts on Koch’s spacesuit were also on Sullivan's suit 35 years ago. "NASA ordered up small, medium and large for the shuttle program because that will fit a lot of the population," Sullivan said.
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