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Astronauts wear this space suits as the body can not face the atmosphere when they walk outside the craft it could be to hot or to cold or the preasure is far to much for the body.

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They don't; you can fly in a spacecraft in your shirtsleeves - as long as you don't lose cabin pressure! Of course, if you lose cabin pressure, you need a way to keep oxygen and warmth around you.

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When astronauts travel in space they must wear special helmets?

The helmets are part of their space suits. They do not normally wear space suits unless they are going outside the spacecraft. Since there is no air outside and it can be very cold or hot. They need the suits to breathe and to protect them from the heat or cold and the vacuum of space which would kill them.


When astronauts travel in space they must wear special helmets. Why?

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Why did no one else but Neil have the courage to go to the moon?

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The Apollo 8 astronauts described the moon as very inhospitable. The moon has no way to support humans, Everything man needs to live must be carried with him when he goes into space, that includes the moon. The astronauts who walked on the moon could feel the cold in the lunar shadows. They also felt the heat of the sun through theid suits.


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