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Because space is like a vacuum. If they went outside of their spacecraft without a pressurized suit, their bodies with stretch like putty.

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Who built the first space shuttle?

The first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Columbia, was built by a team of engineers and scientists working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), primarily at the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California.


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