rocket_girls
Light novel / Science fiction series written by Nojiri Housuke and illustrated by mucchiri muunii. There is also an anime adaptation.
Story plot: Three Japanese schoolgirls got recruited to be astronauts because only young girls are light enough for the rocket the Solomon Space Association (the Japanese space organization) built.
There is a gadget "skin tight suit" (bodysuit) as a new type of spacesuit.
Characters
* Morita Yukari (protagonist)
* Morita Matsuri (Yukari's half sister, a shaman)
* Miura Akane (rocket girls) (a top student at the school)
* Solange Arnoul (the leader of France's astronaut team, Ariane Girls)
See Also
* Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Girls