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[i]Astronaut Scott Parazynski, who has been training as backup to Jerry M. Linenger for a four month stay on Russia's Mir Space Station, will discontinue his training due to concerns over his ability to safely fit in a Soyuz descent vehicle for landing. Parazynski also was scheduled for a later mission aboard Mir. At the time Parazynski was assigned, both NASA and the Russian Space Agency understood he was slightly outside the nominal height to fly on the Soyuz capsule that could be used as a contingency vehicle for returning the Mir crew to Earth. Even though a preliminary evaluation cleared him for training, it was shown during a recent detailed discussion between U.S. and Russian experts on deceleration loads and sitting height issues, that the safety margins against injury would be unacceptably reduced.[/i]
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