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	NASA puts spacesuit worries to rest - Space.com- msnbc.com
		The ban was largely a precaution in case the incident was due to a generic flaw in NASA spacesuits.
		While engineers have not completely identified root cause of the Earth-based suit's smoky odor, the leading candidate is the specific canister used to remove carbon dioxide from the spacesuit's 100 percent oxygen interior, she added.
		Because of the high flammability of a spacesuit's oxygen-rich atmosphere, NASA has to take any hint of smoke or combustion seriously in order to ensure the safety of spacewalking astronauts.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/21824535 (540 words)

	Empty spacesuit orbits Earth, transmits, goes silent
		Smith," Tokarev quipped in Russian, giving the spacesuit the generic nickname "Ivan Ivanovich," as he tossed it out of the station.
		The spacesuit project, known as SuitSat-1, was the brainchild of a Russian ham radio operator.
		As it floated along, it was to have transmitted its temperature, battery power and time it has been in space to the ground.
	www.ham-shack.com /passiton/empty_spacesuit_orbits_earth.html (529 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Spacesuits Work"
		Spacesuits must provide all of the comfort and support that the Earth or a spacecraft does, addressing issues like atmosphere, water and protection from radiation.
		In this article, we will examine the problems of walking in outer space and how spacesuits are made to cope with them.
		You could be hit by small particles of dust or rock that move at high speeds (micrometeoroids) or orbiting debris from satellites or spacecraft.
	science.howstuffworks.com /space-suit.htm (348 words)

	DLTK's Spacesuit Craft for Kids
		If you do not have this, you can substitute a face cut out of a magazine or newspaper.
		Cut out the picture of the face to fit inside the circle of the spacesuit's helmet.
		OPTIONAL: You can cut out the spacesuit and glue it to a fl piece of construction paper.
	www.dltk-kids.com /crafts/space/mspacesuit.html (125 words)

	SuitSat: listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth
		ISS astronaut Mike Finke spacewalks in a Russian Orlan spacesuit in 2004.
		One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit.
		The spacesuit is the satellite -- "SuitSat" for short.
	www.physorg.com /news10313.html (802 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Spacesuit radio 'alive' in orbit
		An old spacesuit stuffed with a radio transmitter and old clothes is still emitting a weak signal as it orbits the globe, amateur radio enthusiasts say.
		Made from a decommissioned Russian spacesuit, the SuitSat contains a radio, transmitter and sensors to monitor temperature and battery power, with old clothes packed in to hold the equipment in place.
		The spacesuit was nicknamed "Ivan Ivanovich", after a lifelike Russian mannequin sent on a test flight shortly before Yuri Gagarin's groundbreaking mission in 1961.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/4685054.stm (325 words)

	SPACE.com -- Astronauts Set For Spacesuit Toss, ISS Maintenance in Next Spacewalk
		ISS astronauts have modified a Russian-built Orlan spacesuit to carry a ham radio and antenna.
		Two astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing to fling an empty spacesuit into orbit next week during the second spacewalk of their six-month mission.
		SuitSat" spacesuit- the same Russian-built Orlan space attire they will don for the extravehicular activity (EVA) - and perform a series of maintenance tasks during the planned six-hour spacewalk.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/060127_exp13_eva2_prep.html (1170 words)

	ABC News: Smoking Spacesuit? Spacewalks Banned
		In this image provided by NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski exits the Quest airlock at the start of the space walk to repair the damaged solar array Saturday Nov. 3, 2007.
		NASA is investigating a smoky smell in a spacesuit worn during a test on the ground, and officials said Tuesday they won't hold any spacewalks until engineers can pinpoint the source of the odor.
		The scent was apparent Friday during a test of a spacesuit assigned for use on a future mission.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=3861648 (346 words)

	Spacesuit Task Force — The Mars Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Mars Society is going forward with plans to develop technology necessary for human missions to Mars.
		The Spacesuit Task Force was created in August 2000 at the 3rd International Mars Society Convention in order to raise funds and pursue research into the development of the first spacesuit capable of sustaining a human on Mars for up to 300 excursions to the cold and dusty environment of its surface.
		The task force is starting with the improvement of analog spacesuits used in our analog research program.
	www.marssociety.org /portal/groups/SpacesuitTF/index_html (237 words)

	ESA - ESA Permanent Mission in Russia - Orlan spacesuit
		The semi-rigid Orlan-D spacesuit was first worn for a spacewalk on 20 December 1977 by Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko, the crew of the Salyut–6 space station.
		The Orlan spacesuits are designed by NPP Zvezda, a science and production enterprise in Tomilino, near Moscow, and their origins date back to the L-3 Lunar Programme.
		After the benefits of semi-rigid spacesuits were verified by testing, and on the assumption that EVAs would become common on board an orbital station, the designers at Zvezda produced two options: the lightweight emergency rescue attire and the more refined, reliable and heavy EVA spacesuit, of the Orlan type.
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMSYKMKPZD_0.html (1105 words)

	NASA SPACESUITS PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spacesuits designed for the space station era will be pressurized to 8.3 psi; therefore, the pre-breathing period will be shortened or diminished.
		To put on the spacesuit, the astronaut first dons the lower torso assembly and then rises into the top section of the two-piece EMU spacesuit hanging on the wall of the airlock.
		The spacesuit changes from Apollo to Skylab included a less expensive to manufacture and lightweight thermal micro-meteoroid over-garment, elimination of the lunar boots, and a simplified and less expensive extravehicular visor assembly over the helmet.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/suitnasa.html (2493 words)

	2001 Spacesuit
		The 2001 Spacesuit Restoration Project is a project to restore a 2001 spacesuit based on surviving pieces of original 2001 spacesuits.
		These spacesuits feature silver fabric suit bodies, white helmets, a very small oxygen tube from the backpack to the helmet with no helmet mounted hose connector, no leg mounted mating ring for attaching the ring of the boots, and brown/tan colored boots.
		This is apparent as the spacesuit legs have mating disconnect rings for the boots and the helmets have the large oxygen hoses as did the Discovery suits.
	www.2001spacesuit.com /Suit.html (3030 words)

	spacesuit
		A spacesuit maintains a pressure around the body to keep body fluids from boiling away, a comfortable temperature, and a supply of oxygen.
		The modern spacesuit is a development of the pressure suits worn by early high-altitude pilots.
		The spacesuit worn by the Mercury astronauts was a modified version of the United States Navy high-altitude jet pressure suit.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/spacesuit.html (1401 words)

	Behind the Space Travel --- Astronauts --- Spacesuit
		Spacesuits get the oxygen either from a spacecraft through an umbilical cord or from a backpack life support system that the astronaut wears.
		Spacesuits have helmets that are made of clear plastic or durable polycarbonate.
		Spacesuits are equipped with special joints or tapers in the fabric to help the astronauts bend their hands (gloves), arms (arm assembly), legs, knees and ankles(boots).
	library.thinkquest.org /C0124490/eng/astronauts/spacesuit/job.htm (776 words)

	A Journey to the International Space Station
		Most spacesuits are heavily insulted with layers of fabric and covered with reflective outer layers (mylar) to reflect the sunlight.
		While the spacesuit must protect the astronaut from all these potential dangers, it must also be designed so that the astronaut can see clearly, can move easily inside the spacesuit, allow movement around the outside of the spacecraft and allow the astronaut to talk with others.
		Spacesuits are equipped with special joints or tapers in the fabric which help the astronauts bend their hands, arms, legs, knees, and ankles.
	www.projectview.org /spacesuitsoverview.htm (1169 words)

	NASA SPACESUITS PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spacesuits designed for the space station era will be pressurized to 8.3 psi; therefore, the pre-breathing period will be shortened or diminished.
		To put on the spacesuit, the astronaut first dons the lower torso assembly and then rises into the top section of the two-piece EMU spacesuit hanging on the wall of the airlock.
		The spacesuit changes from Apollo to Skylab included a less expensive to manufacture and lightweight thermal micro-meteoroid over-garment, elimination of the lunar boots, and a simplified and less expensive extravehicular visor assembly over the helmet.
	www1.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/suitnasa.html (2493 words)

	BBC/OU Open2.net - Rough Science 4 - Death Valley - TV summary - Spacesuit
		Spacesuits are designed to protect astronauts from these extremes of temperature.
		Ellen creates a copper pipe system that will go from the fridge to the spacesuit, carrying cool water from the fridge to the astronaut.
		So at the end of day three the Rough Scientists decamp to Death Valley where Ellen is dressed in their spacesuit for a spacewalk which will reveal whether their cooling system really can keep someone cool in one of the hottest places on Earth.
	www.open2.net /roughscience4/tv_summary_spacesuit.html (374 words)

	Space Station \| The Station \| Living in Space
		Above the 63,000-foot threshold, humans must wear spacesuits that supply oxygen for breathing and that maintain a pressure around the body to keep body fluids in the liquid state.
		Spacesuits designed for the space station era will be pressurized to 8.3 psi; therefore, the pre-breathing period will be shortened or diminished.
		Without the Earth's atmosphere to filter the sunlight, the side of the suit facing the Sun may be heated to a temperature as high as 250 degrees Fahrenheit; the other side, exposed to darkness of deep space, may get as cold as -250 degrees Fahrenheit.
	www.pbs.org /spacestation/station/living_spacesuit.htm (487 words)

	Ham radio operators: spacesuit still alive, giving weak signals (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ham radio operators reported Sunday that an old Russian spacesuit, dubbed "Ivan Ivanovich" and stuffed with clothes and a radio transmitter, was again sending weak signals as it circled the globe.
		The spacesuit also was supposed to transmit pictures, artwork and lessons for schoolchildren on the ground.
		Members of the ham radio association weren't sure if the problem was with the spacesuit's antenna on its helmet, a feedline to the antenna or a connector on the transmitter, said Rosalie White, program manager at ARRL, a sponsor of the project.
	www.tampabaylive.com /stories/2006/02/060206suit.shtml (340 words)

	Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit On Exhibit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The spacesuit is a vehicle in itself, complete with life support and propulsion systems.
		``The technology represented in this spacesuit is a startling contrast to the dress suits and bow ties worn by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
		It is remarkable that within the short span of 66 years aviation progressed from a flight of 122 feet at Kitty Hawk to the 239,000 mile trip to the moon.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /1998-07-02/spacesuit.html (251 words)

	Spacesuit
		century, there have been all sorts of visions of what the spacesuit would look like, though by the 1940s these had settled down into two distinct types: the heavy, armour-plated number for men, and the form-hugging spandex cat-suit with transparent goldfish-bowl helmet for women.
		A spacesuit is in many ways a miniature spaceship-- sometimes even with miniature rockets for manoeuvring.
		However, the spacesuit has the added problem of needing to be light enough for a man to wear (even in weightlessness mass is a factor because it determines how hard you're going to bump into something) and it has to be flexible enough to allow him to move about and work.
	www.davidszondy.com /future/space/spacesuit.htm (383 words)

	Spacesuit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The spacesuit is made of four main layers, some made of more than one smaller layers.
		The first layer of the spacesuit is the the thermal micrometeoroid garment (TMG).
		Inside the TMG is a layer of rubberized nylon and woven polyester to cover an oxygen inflated bladder that maintains an artificial air pressure of 4 psi.
	www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/ryn/spacerace/machines/spacesuit.html (295 words)

	Spacesuit-Mars Working Group (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The purpose of the Spacesuit-Mars Working Group is to develop and demonstrate key technologies for eventual use for a real Mars spacesuit by pursuing tightly-focused, low-cost projects in the context of the analog spacesuit program.
		Whereas existing spacesuits are inadequate to the task of exploring Mars, the mission of the Spacesuit-Mars Working Group is to organize and direct its members to perform useful and productive work towards the development of technologies useful for a real Mars spacesuit.
		Our approach will be to develop the components of a spacesuit design that will separate the breathing helmet from the pressurized suit.
	chapters.marssociety.org /spacesuit/DraftPlan.html (916 words)

	Space station crew tosses out spacesuit - Boston.com
		The crew of the international space station shoved an unmanned spacesuit stuffed with discarded clothing and radio equipment out the door Friday, creating a ghostly scene that resembled a cosmonaut tumbling away from the orbiting outpost.
		Complete with helmet and gloves, the spacesuit floated past the Russian section of the space station, 220 miles above Earth, before rotating away feet first and beginning its orbit around the globe.
		The spacesuit project, known as SuitSat-1, was the brainchild of a Russian ham radio operator.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2006/02/03/students_to_track_disgarded_spacesuit (660 words)

	APOD: 2006 February 20 - SuitSat1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
		space mystery movie, a spacesuit floated away from the International Space Station earlier this month, but no investigation was needed.
		Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a faint radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth.
		Pictured above, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed as it drifted away from the Earth-orbiting space station earlier this month.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap060220.html (136 words)

	Space Suits
		US spacesuits have been pressurized at 0.30 bar (30% earth sea level pressure), but because the gas in the suit is 100 percent oxygen instead of 20 percent, the person in a spacesuit actually has more oxygen to breathe than is available at an altitude of 3,000 m without the spacesuit.
		A spacesuit also shields the astronaut from bombardment by micrometeoroids and insulates the wearer from the temperature extremes of space.
		The Krechet spacesuit was designed by the Zvezda OKB for use on the lunar surface.
	www.astronautix.com /craftfam/spasuits.htm (5947 words)

	Review -- Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
		Kip was a winner, but because he was one of eight people to submit the winning slogan, the grand prize winner was selected by a random drawing.
		As a consolation prize, he got a real spacesuit, along with a message that he could return it to NASA in exchange for a cash prize.
		The next thing he knows, he is in the midst of an interstellar conspiracy, helping to rescue an alien police officer from a race of monsters who want to take over the Earth.
	members.tripod.com /~kimmel/bookstore/havespacesuit.html (252 words)

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