Extravehicular Mobility Unit
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The Extravehicular Mobility Unit is an independent spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity in Ear
The Enhanced EMU Suit. The suits are white to reflect heat and to stand out against the blackness of space; the red stripes serve to differentiate astronauts.
The E.M.U Display and Control Module (DCM).
NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit Vitruvian Spaceman patch (Space Shuttle version, with three stars representing NASA's human spaceflight programs)
EMU without Extravehicular Visor Assembly
Apollo/Skylab spacesuit
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The Apollo/Skylab space suit is a class of space suits used in the Apollo and Skylab missions. In both missions, the space suit was referred to as the Extravehicular Mobility Unit. The Apollo EMU cons
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
…being the Russian Orlan space suit. It was used by NASA's Space Shuttle astronauts prior to the end of the Shuttle program in 2011. The EMU, like the Apollo/Skylab A7L spacesuit, was the result of 21 years of research and development. It consists of a Space Suit Assembly (SSA) assembly which includes the Hard Upper…
Neil Armstrong described his Apollo 11 A7L suit as "tough, reliable and almost cuddly."
A7L suit without outer-layer and visor assembly
Apollo 11 EMU worn by Buzz Aldrin on lunar surface
A7LB without outer-layer and visor assembly