- published: 05 May 2016
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A space suit is a garment worn to keep an astronaut alive in the harsh environment (vacuum and temperature extremes) of outer space. Space suits are often worn inside spacecraft as a safety precaution in case of loss of cabin pressure, and are necessary for extra-vehicular activity (EVA), work done outside spacecraft. Space suits have been worn for such work in Earth orbit, on the surface of the Moon, and en route back to Earth from the Moon. Modern space suits augment the basic pressure garment with a complex system of equipment and environmental systems designed to keep the wearer comfortable, and to minimize the effort required to bend the limbs, resisting a soft pressure garment's natural tendency to stiffen against the vacuum. A self-contained oxygen supply and environmental control system is frequently employed to allow complete freedom of movement, independent of the spacecraft.
Some of these requirements also apply to pressure suits worn for other specialized tasks, such as high-altitude reconnaissance flight. Above Armstrong's Line (around 19,000 m/62,000 ft), the atmosphere is so thin that pressurized suits are needed.
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Where do we go when we die?
I don't care and that ain't no lie
I don't know where and I don't know why
Everything is a part of me and part of you
Everything is a part of me and part of you
I got my spacesuit on, I got my spacesuit on
And I?m ready to fly away
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Shinning brighter than a Christmas tree
You, I am supposed to be
I'm finding easier to see
Everything is a part of you and part of me
Everything is a part of you and part of me
I got my spacesuit on, I got my spacesuit on