Labels:text | screenshot | number | font OCR: SPACE SUITS LIVING IN SPACE OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIVE environment of a SUITING UP spacecraft an astronaut must wear a space suit Many different parts to stay alive. Such suits ensure that the correct combine to make a whole pressure is maintained on the astronaut's body. space suit, some of which Without this pressure on the body, an astronaut are shown here. would die, because the gases in the bloodstream would form fatal bubbles in SPACE-SUIT DIAGRAM the blood vessels. The backpack supplies oxygen so that the astronaut can breathe normally. The exterior of a suit is tough enough to protect an astronaut against particles speeding through space. A visor protects the eyes from the Sun's dangerous ultraviolet radiation. Microphones and headphones inside the helmet allow astronauts to communicat ...
