Do you Ever notice why astronauts have white and an orange-colored space suit?
There is a proper name for each of these suits...
Orange one - Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) and
White suit - Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit
sometimes we can see astronaut's wearing an orange spacesuit and sometimes white.
Whenever reports regarding a new space mission are covered on television or Internet astronauts appeared with an orange spacesuit.
But when NASA shares actual photos/videos of astronauts visits the space or other planets they wearing a white suite.
Here are the reasons
Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) - Orange Suite
- Space shuttle ascent and entry suit.
- Highly visible against any kind of land space, especially in the sea.
- By this astronauts can survive in case any accident occurs during the take-off or landing of a space shuttle.
- Suit comes with a parachute and even has a knife in case of emergencies.
- Equipped with radio, motion sickness pills, lights, flare kits because these work perfectly well in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit - White Suit
- White reflects the strong heat of the sun. Also, it is easily visible against the black expanse of space.
- Designed specifically for spacewalking.
- The white suit has a water cooling system, necessary for survival in outer space.
- EVA suits comes with a supply of oxygen, battery power, and a radio.
Source: Quora.com
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