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Hey guys, you know how its always the US Space Shuttle crew always make the EVAs to fix the ISS, since when has the Russians performed a EVA with there Soyuz?
For assembly missions, the Shuttle crew is used, because the Shuttle crew uses Task based training, which means they are trained to do special tasks in a short time. The ISS crews are skill based trained - they know how to fix things in space, when things go wrong and can quickly learn to do EVAs.
When no Shuttle is docked, and a EVA needs to be done, the ISS Airlocks are usually used.
Soyuz itself has a airlock which would make EVAs possible, but does usually not carry a space suit, only a light pressure suit. Spacesuits are transported to the ISS by Progress, ATV and MPLM.
