Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins downlinked a video
description of a U.S. spacesuit Jan. 4. Hopkins and NASA astronaut Rick
Mastracchio conducted two spacewalks just before Christmas to replace an
ammonia pump module.
Read more about Expedition 38, http://go.nasa.gov/K2iyvd
Hopkins
talks about the lengthy preparation to get ready for a spacewalk. He
also shows some of the equipment necessary to operate a spacesuit during
a spacewalk. The technical name for a spacesuit is Extravehicular
Mobility Unit, or an EMU.
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