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
Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue is a small, self-contained, propulsive backpack system worn during spacewalks, to be used in case of emergency. If an astronaut were to lose physical contact with their s
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
…Backup life support: 30 minutes Manufacturer: ILC Dover (suit), Collins Aerospace (primary life support systems) and NASA (SAFER) Missions: since 1998…
Astronaut Rick Mastracchio working with a SAFER system attached.