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04-28-2017, 05:47 AM
NASA doesn't have replacements for its aging spacesuits
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NASA may be running out of spacesuits.*
According to a new report from the space agency's ****** of Inspector General, NASA may **t have e**ugh spacesuits to make it through 2024—the year when the Space Station is expected to end its operational life under NASA and the other international agencies.
The suits, called extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), are designed to keep astronauts safe when taking spacewalks outside of the ISS.
SEE ALSO: Astronaut Shows Off Leaky Suit That Led to Spacewalk Emergency (http://mashable.com/2013/07/30/luca-parmita**-faulty-spacesuit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The OIG report said (https://oig.nasa.gov/audits/reports/FY17/IG-17-018.pdf) that "only 11 of the 18 original EMU Primary Life Support System units – a backpack-like structure that performs a variety of functions required to keep an astronaut alive during a spacewalk – are still in use, raising concerns that the inventory may **t be adequate to last through the planned retirement of the ISS." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/27/nasa-spacesuits-report-international-space-station/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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NASA may be running out of spacesuits.*
According to a new report from the space agency's ****** of Inspector General, NASA may **t have e**ugh spacesuits to make it through 2024—the year when the Space Station is expected to end its operational life under NASA and the other international agencies.
The suits, called extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), are designed to keep astronauts safe when taking spacewalks outside of the ISS.
SEE ALSO: Astronaut Shows Off Leaky Suit That Led to Spacewalk Emergency (http://mashable.com/2013/07/30/luca-parmita**-faulty-spacesuit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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