1. Oxygen is circulated around the helmet in space suits in order to prevent the visor from misting.
2. The middle layers of space suits are blown up like a balloon to press against the astronaut's body. Without this pressure, the astronaut's body would boil!
3. The gloves included in the space suit have silicon rubber fingertips which allow the astronaut some sense of touch.
4. The full cost of a spacesuit is about $11 million although 70% of this is for the backpack and the control module
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