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Station crew to wear Russian suits

Houston, USA – The American suites to be used for the expedition are damaged

The International Space Station’s two-man crew will switch to Russian spacesuits for a spacewalk planned between June 16 and June 18 to restore electrical power to a steering gyroscope (see AVIONEWS article). The spacewalk had been targeted for June 10, but the water cooling system in the NASA suit would not work during equipment tests last week (see AVIONEWS article). The spacesuit decision means t...

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