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Bookmark or Share- How Space Suits Work - HowStuffWorksBy creating an Earth-like environment within the suit itself, space suits allow humans to walk around in space in relative safety. Space suits provide: The space suit provides air pressure to keep the fluids in your body in a liquid state -- in other words, to prevent your bodily fluids from boiling.
- What Is a Spacesuit? - NASAA spacesuit is much more than a set of clothes astronauts wear on spacewalks. A fully equipped spacesuit is really a one-person spacecraft. The formal name for the spacesuit used on the space shuttle and International Space Station is the Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU.
- The Evolution of the Spacesuit: From the Project Mercury Suit to the ...One of the most important, though easily overlooked, technologies necessary for space exploration is the humble spacesuit. The spacesuit is the cornerstone of human survival in space, allowing...
- Spacewalk Spacesuit Basics - NASAA fully equipped spacesuit used during spacewalks is actually a miniature spaceship shaped like a human body that protects the astronaut from the dangers of being outside a vehicle while in space or on the Moon.
- Space suit - WikipediaA space suit (or spacesuit) is an environmental suit used for protection from the harsh environment of outer space, mainly from its vacuum as a highly specialized pressure suit, but also its temperature extremes, as well as radiation and micrometeoroids.
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