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The spacesuits aboard the ISS are in fact assemblies of several parts put together as best adapted to each astronaut's body, explained Brandi Dean, spokeswoman of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas where American astronauts are based.

Had Koch and McClain done their spacewalk together, it would have been the first ever by two women astronauts. “Because only one medium-size torso can be made ready by Friday, March 29, Koch will wear it,” NASA explained.

 

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