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of an Activity The 14 layers of a spacesuit will help to keep you warm when
As you read, you're out of the sun. But how will you stay cool when the
remember to look
temperature starts to rise? That's the job of the Liquid Cooling
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features of an
and Ventilation Garment. Think of it as long underwear with

activity:
tubing running through it. The tubes carry cool liquids all over

An activity has your body to keep you at a comfortable temperature.

a title and brief
Other important components of your spacesuit include
introduction.

Headings tell • Primary Support System (PLSS): Along with providing

Life
what kind of oxygen, the PLSS backpack has many other important
information you functions, such as providing power and transmitting
are given.
information back to Mission Control.
Photos or

illustrations give • Displays and Control Module (DCM): Worn on the chest,
you information. this box controls the PLSS as well as the secondary oxygen
pack you carry along, just in case. One switch controls a
ventilation fan that circulates air through your helmet and
other parts of the suit. A "push-to-talk" switch lets you
communicate with fellow astronauts or with Mission Control.
There are many other controls on the DCM, including one
i. that lets you adjust the pressure inside the suit.

' Helmet: A valve in your helmet releases the carbon

dioxide you breathe out. When you need to work in the
Astronaut sun, you add a special attachment with a gold visor.
Heidemarie
This visor is the spacesuit version of sunglasses.
Stefanyshyn-
Piper trains for Attached to each side of your helmet are lights and a
a spacewalk
by Oraetising camera.
wearing her All in all, there are 18 different parts to your spacesuit,
spacesuit
giving it a total weight of 114 kg. You'll need some
underwater.
help,and about 45 minutes, to get into it. A spacesuit
S'
may not be the height of fashion, but at a cost of about
$12 million, it's more expensive than any designer outfit!

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