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Review on Protection Materials of Astronaut’s Space Suits During Space Flights

Tanushka Singhc

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Protective suits are among the few complex and one-of-a-kind items of improving technology. It was basically miniature personal aircraft that provide astronauts with the protection they need such in space. The sheer intricacy of existing in space necessitates the use of several products and parts in the creation of a space suit. A spacesuit is a high pressure suit that astronauts wear during space missions. It's made to keep them safe from the potential hazards’ conditions found in space. Technology is relatively new Movement Units are the name given to spacesuits since they are also employed as mobility aids when astronauts do space walks outside of orbiting spacecraft. They are made up of a number of custom-built components manufactured by a range of businesses and assembled at NASA's Texas center. The spacesuit is meant to mimic the conditions found in Earth's atmosphere. That gives oxygen, temperature control, a pressurized containment, carbon dioxide removal, and protection from radiation, Sunlight, cosmic rays, and microscopic micrometeoroids, among other things. That's a lifesupport system for astronauts working outside the atmosphere of the Earth. Astronauts performing spacewalks are exposed to a wide range of temperatures. Conditions in Earth orbit might be as chilly as minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit. They may reach temperatures of up to 250 degrees in direct sunlight. Astronauts are protected from the severe temperatures by wearing a spacesuit.


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