You're floating in the vastness of space, surrounded by pitch-black darkness, sub-zero temperatures, and no sound or oxygen. This is terrifying enough without your spacesuit turning against you. Here’s how to make it through a spacesuit malfunction. There are two types of spacesuits: one for launch and re-entry, and another for spacewalks. The suit used for spacewalks is called an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). It weighs about 127 kilograms on Earth, but in orbit, it's weightless. It takes about 45 minutes to put on, and once suited up, an astronaut needs to breathe pure oxygen for over an hour to adapt. The spacesuit is essentially a portable life support system, and if it fails, anything could happen...
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