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Astronauts, Or Cosmonauts if you're Russian, Wear spacesuits in outer space because there is no Oxygen to breathe out in the inky vacuum of space. It is also very cold in space and the suits help keep the astronauts warm,they also offer various facilities for an astronaut. Such as communication devices to speak to each other or to their ship or base back on earth.
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What do astronauts wear outside the international space station?
They wear space suits
Why do astronauts wear a special kind of clothing?
The astronauts spacesuits are a type of life support system to keep them alive when outside of the spacecraft. Then it supplies them with air, water, communications, cooling, waste disposal and anything else they need for survival in an environment in which it is impossible to live without it. The orange spacesuits worn by space shuttle astronauts during launch and re-entry provide air,communications and also prevents their blood from pooling in one part of the body causing faintness. Most of the time on the shuttle and the International Space Station, astronauts wear regular clothing and only need to use special suits for EVA and launch and re-entry procedures.
What did the astronauts wear on the moon?
Space suits
What does the astronauts wear inside the space station?
Normal, everyday clothes.
Why do the astronauts wear a special spacesuit when visit to space?
so they can breathe
Why do astronauts have to wear spacesuits?
To breath and to stay warm.
What are space suits?
These are the suits that the astronauts wear when they travel to outer space.
Why should the astronauts use a spacesuits and helmet while walking in the space?
Astronauts wear spacesuits due to the absence of pressure in space. They need to maintain the pressure level on Earth by isolating themselves from actual space. For the helmets: there is no oxygen in space. Humans require oxygen to live, inhaling it through their nose and mouth. Therefore if they do not wear helmets, they will die instantly from loss of oxygen.
Why do astronauts wear spacesuits in swimming pools before participating in manned space explorations?
because it is the most likely to zero gravity...
Why do astroanuts weear helmets?
They wear spacesuits, including helmets, to protect themselves from the outer space environment. It is basically a simple space craft.
Are spacesuits the clothes you can where in space?
No, you can wear jamies!
Do astronaut have special gear for outer space?
Yes astronauts will have to wear their pressurized suits , when they walk in space.
How do astronaughts breathe in space?
Space ships are pressurised and contain their own atmosphere of either oxygen or air (NASA uses oxygen, Russia prefers air). When astronauts have to go outside the ship, they wear spacesuits which are essentially personal spacesuits with their own oxygen supply.
Why do you have to wear spacesuits?
No oxygen in space. We need oxygen.
What are outer space voyagers?
they are called astronauts and they wear big outerspace suits and they walk on the moon.
What do astronauts need in space?
Astronauts wear special costumes, commonly referred to as "space suits" that protect them from the rays of the sun and gasses depending on which planet they are on. Space suits are airtight and also keep them warm while in the freezing vacuums of space, and cool inthe scorching sun. They wear a tinted glass for their face, not to be blinded by the glare.
Why do astronauts wear a white suit in outer space?
Because it is the most radiant colour against the black/dark vacuum that is space. They can be seen easily
