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    Welcome to the NASA Education Spacesuits and Spacewalks Web site.

    Engage your students in the wonders of space as they learn about spacesuits and spacewalks.

    Things you can do with this site:
    --Check out the Clickable Spacesuit and learn about the different parts of a spacesuit.
    --Take a look at videos about the spacesuits of the future.
    --Watch Brain Bites videos and learn about hard-to-do moves in a spacesuit.
    --Take a step back in time and visit the Spacesuit History Gallery.
    --Explore the Educational Activities.
    --Read about spacesuit designers and engineers who create and test spacesuits.
    --Discover other NASA Web sites with information about spacesuits and spacewalks.

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Clickable Spacesuit -- An Interactive Spacesuit Experience

    Astronaut in white spacesuit works outside the space station

    Learn about spacesuits with this interactive feature. Image Credit: NASA

     NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU, is like a personal mini-spacecraft. Mouse over the parts of the spacesuit and learn why each piece is important.


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Spacewalks to Repair the Hubble Space Telescope

    Astronauts practice installing the Wide Field Camera 3 during a training session in an underwater facility

    Astronauts practice installing the Wide Field Camera 3 while divers and engineers observe. This full-scale model is a mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope submerged in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab Facility in Houston, Texas. Image Credit: NASA

     The mission to Hubble will require the STS-125 astronaut crew to prepare for and perform five back-to-back spacewalks, also known as extravehicular activities or EVAs. Video clips and activities explain how the spacewalks are skillfully choreographed to meet time requirements and how the Hubble repair procedures are practiced in "Earth-normal" and simulated "space-normal" environments. The repairs will extend the life of the telescope until 2020. The success of the mission will depend on the spacesuits, tools and skills that will be used to repair Hubble, and the people at NASA who make this all happen.

    Visit the education resource site "The Hubble Space Telescope Inspires Wonder" for more information.
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