SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Gloves. Astronauts must be able to work with and pick up objects while wearing spacesuit gloves. Gloves protect astronauts from the space environment and are made so spacewalkers can move their fingers as easily as possible.

Detailed explanation-2: -A spacesuit protects astronauts from those extreme temperatures. Spacesuits supply astronauts with oxygen to breathe while they are in the vacuum of space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spacesuit insulation technologies protect the astronaut from extreme high and low temperatures of the space environment. However, the same insulation technology also works to keep heat released by the astronaut’s body inside the suit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The restraint and dipped glove system is easy to see in the Intravehicular (IV) gloves that astronauts wore inside the spacecraft, but a similar, more protective system comprised the lunar Extravehicular (EV) gloves that 12 astronauts wore while they worked on the surface of the Moon.

Detailed explanation-5: -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-6: -Two types of suit are used on the ISS: the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) developed by the USA and Orlan spacesuit developed by Russia. Both have the functions of the Space Suit Assembly (SSA) which protects the astronaut’s body and the Life Support System (LSS) which maintains the environment inside the spacesuit.

Detailed explanation-7: -The liquid cooling and ventilation garment, worn under the spacesuit, has pipes running down the astronaut’s arms and legs. Cooling water supplied by the primary life support subsystem keeps heat in check, and sweat is absorbed to prevent condensation. A warning system alerts the astronaut if the suit malfunctions.