NASA is making significant progress on the Gateway program, with the HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) module entering its final phase of outfitting and testing. The module, which will serve as a habitation and research station for astronauts during the Artemis missions,

McClain, an Army colonel and helicopter pilot, should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there weren’t enough medium-size suits. The first women-only spacewalk was by Christina Koch and Jessica Meir. The latest was the fifth all-female spacewalk in 60 years of spacewalking.

Two NASA astronauts plan to participate in a 6-hour, 35-minute spacewalk Thursday to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation capabilities and relocate a communications antenna.