An in-depth tour of the suit astronauts use to make repairs in space

If you ’ve ever watch footage of a spacewalk , you ’ve examine an astronaut outfitted in an extravehicular mobility social unit ( EMU ) , the spacesuit specially designed for astronauts working outside of ballistic capsule orb Earthat 17,220 miles per hour .

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In a recent instalment of Tested , Norm meet up with Terry Dunn , Training Operations Manager atNASA ’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab , to take a minuscule more about this iconic space suit , which stay in utilisation to this sidereal day . ( The aim – from the outer space diaper to the prying crownwork – has gone about unchanged for decades , but there ’s talk of replacing it withthis snazzy Z - series wooing . )