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Detailed explanation-1: -The suits protect astronauts from getting too hot or cold. Spacesuits also give astronauts oxygen to breathe while they are working in space. The suits hold water to drink. They also keep astronauts from getting hurt by space dust.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, since there is no atmosphere layer in space, the sun’s harmful rays, also called radiation, can cause great harm to astronauts. Space suits have layers to protect astronauts from radiation and reflect incoming rays.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like a tire, a space suit is essentially an inflated balloon that is restricted by some rubberized fabric, in this case, Neoprene-coated fibers. The restriction placed on the “balloon” portion of the suit supplies air pressure on the astronaut inside, like blowing up a balloon inside a cardboard tube.

Detailed explanation-4: -Above the 63, 000-foot threshold, humans must wear spacesuits that supply oxygen for breathing and that maintain a pressure around the body to keep body fluids in the liquid state. At this altitude the total air pressure is no longer sufficient to keep body fluids from boiling.