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According to images released by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on Friday, Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi were seen trying on their customised Sokol space suits and trying out their Soyuz seat liners during a fit check at the Zvezda facility in Moscow. They returned to Moscow after completing their training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, Germany.
Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi undergoing a fit check of their #Sokol space suits and the #Soyuz seat liner at the Zvezda facility in Moscow. pic.twitter.com/jFyG7LJWEDThe Sokol space suit, also known as the Sokol IVA suit, or simply the Sokol, is a type of Soviet space suit, worn by all who fly on the Soyuz spacecraft. It will be the first time an Emirati astronaut travels to space. MBR Space Centre tweeted, "The Sokol suits are donned when astronauts launch to the ISS, and when they come back to Earth to protect them from the harmful conditions of space."
- MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) July 12, 2019
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