Read the central ideas from the Newsela article "First All-Female Spacewalk Will Take Place During Women's History Month." The spacewalk will be an important moment for McClain and Koch.

McClain and Koch hope the spacewalk will be an important moment for others.

How does the author develop these ideas?

She includes McClain's explanation of how hard the women worked to prepare for the spacewalk, and shares details about the women who are part of the flight crew.

She includes McClain's words about how space always fascinated her, and discusses Koch's contributions to expeditions to the South Pole and the Arctic.

She quotes McClain stating that she wanted to be an astronaut since she was a child, and explains that she has something to prove to NASA's 2013 graduating class.

She shares McClain's personal feelings about the meaning of the spacewalk and explains how the two women want to be an inspiration to others.