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Hung Out to Dry: Space Suits Drenched During Training

Members of a future mission to the International Space Station took part in training exercises intended to simulate a capsule landing in water.
Image: Members of 48/49 expedition to the International Space Station
Space suits of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins, and Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, right, are hung out to dry after their training near Noginsk, 38 miles east of Moscow on July 2.MAXIM SHIPENKOV / EPA

Members of a future mission to the International Space Station took part in training exercises intended to simulate a capsule landing in water near Noginsk, outside of Moscow, on Wednesday. In the photo above, the space suits of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins, and Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi are hung out to dry after the simulation.

Image: Kathleen Rubins
NASA's flight engineer Kathleen Rubins jumps out from a landing capsule during training for a future mission to the International Space Station.Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP