During the dive, which takes up to four hours due to the high density of the water (it is filled with certain chemicals plus air pressure to simulate the circumstances found in space), the cosmonauts in training practice space walking -- and may lose a few kilos off their waist line in the strenuous process.

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Tomorrow at 0600 we will film her training then get her walking to the mine team.

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One not-yet-published study of 146 recently injured spinal cord patients compared two types of training aimed at restoring walking ability.

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