Did You Know?

Astronauts can float in space!

What is a Space Suit?

A space suit keeps astronauts safe in space.

Why Do They Go Outside?

They go outside to fix things or explore.

What spacewalk Does

Astronauts can see Earth from space.

They fix broken parts on the ship.

They test new tools for space.

They learn how to live in space.

They take cool pictures of space.

They help us know more about space.

More About spacewalk

Spacewalks have been done for many years. The first one was in 1965. It was very hard and brave. Now, astronauts do spacewalks to help with their work.

Spacewalks help us learn about space. They show us how to fix things in space. This helps us send more ships and tools to space.

In the future, astronauts will do more spacewalks. They may go to Mars! This will help us learn even more about other planets.

How Topics Connect

graph TD A["Extravehicular Activity (EVA)"] --> B["Spacewalks"] A --> C["Lunar/Planetary Surface Exploration"] A --> D["Stand-up EVAs (SEVAs)"] B --> E["Conducted by Soviet Union/Russia"] B --> F["Conducted by United States"] B --> G["Conducted by China"] E --> H["Participation from Canada, Japan, UAE, ESA"]

What Do These Words Mean?

Extravehicular activity:Any work done by an astronaut outside their spacecraft in space.
Spacewalks:When astronauts go outside their spacecraft to work in space.
Lunar:Related to the moon.
Atmosphere:The air around us; in space, there is none.
Environmental support:Help from the space suit to survive in space.