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Spacesuit
Astronaut Patrick Forrester poses for a picture in a white spacesuit

Astronaut Patrick Forrester poses in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit. Image Credit: NASA

      a suit that protects astronauts from the dangers of space



Sentences:
The first spacesuits NASA astronauts wore were a shiny silver color.

Astronauts must wear a spacesuit when they go outside their spacecraft.



More Information:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/spacesuit.html   →
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/wardrobe.html   →
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/playandlearn/best-dressed-astronaut.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/playandlearn/dress-me-for-space.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stseducation/stories/Amy_Ross_Profile.html
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/mercgem/mg-S64-17089.jpg   →
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/spacewalk.html   →


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