Terry spent his last couple of days before Thanksgiving break in the simulator with his commander, George Zamka. Mostly they were practicing landings. Now all his simulators are "suited" which means that he is wearing the big orange suit and helmet. It takes about an hour to get them suited up before a run. They then spend several more hours doing deorbit runs which take them from space all the way to the landing site in Florida. Underneath the orange suits, the astronauts wear a thick pair of blue long underwear which has tubing running through it to keep them cool. So when you see them carrying a box while in the orange flight suit, that's the air conditioning unit which sends cool water through the tubing.
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