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The astronaut crew escape suit will see the best of both American and Russian space suits. The firm gave the first glimpse of the space suit at the Futuristic Technology Exhibition inaugurated on Thursday at the Science City. India’s indigenously developed astronaut crew escape suit, bearing the ‘Made in Vadodara’ tag is the first on Isro’s wardrobe. The space suit operates at temperature ranging from minus 40°C to 80°C.Talking about how the suit fares compared to its counterparts used by space agencies in the US and Russia, Dand mentioned that the suit is about 20% lighter while maintaining high standards of safety vis-à-vis fire, water and pressure changes. The last time an Indian wore a space suit was in 1984, when wing commander Rakesh Sharma flew aboard Russian Soyuz T-11.Sure Safety, a Vadodara-based industrial safety equipment manufacturer has designed the suit from scratch after collaborating with Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad..