[FPSPACE] Soyuz crew wearing breathing masks along with their Sokol suits

[James Oberg]

Several shots in this sequence at GCTC show the Soyuz crew wearing breathing masks along with their Sokol suits. 

Can anyone explain the reason for that? It seems unusual.

thanks!




U.S. astronaut Catherine Coleman (L), Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratiev (C) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers put on space suits in the Star City space centre outside Moscow December 18, 2008.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081218/ids_photos_wl/r1799587021.jpg/#photoViewer=/081218/ids_photos_wl/r2095295047.jpg
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