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Will Rosemary Coogan be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?

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Rebecca Morelle

BBC News science team

Reporting fromHouston, Texas
Kevin Church/BBC Astronaut Rosemary Coogan is standing on a platform next to a swimming pool at the Johnson Space Centre, Houston, Texas. She is wearing a white spacesuit - similar to the ones worn by the Apollo astronauts who landed on the moon. She's wearing a cap on her head that has a microphone attached to it. Two people are helping her. One woman in a striped vest and black trousers and a man in a black T-shirt and blue jeans who is holding the helmet that he is about to put over Rosemary's head. She is looking towards him. There are numerous other people in the background by the side of the pool. Kevin Church/BBC

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…

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