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iss053e238877 (Nov. 7, 2017) --- Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, from the European Space Agency, fills a personal radiation shielding garment with water. Water is used for its shielding properties and filled inside garment containers covering organs that are especially sensitive to cosmic radiation.
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