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k_buddy762

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Fri May 16, 2025, 03:18 PM May 16

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxyv3z710do

Rosemary Coogan is surrounded by a team of people pushing, pulling, squishing and squeezing her into a spacesuit.

It takes about 45 minutes to get all her gear on before a helmet is carefully lowered over her head.

The British astronaut is about to undergo her toughest challenge yet – assessing whether she is ready for a spacewalk. The test will take place in one of the largest pools in the world: Nasa's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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