SPACE SUIT The ultimate onesie Tim wore a Russian Sokol space suit designed especially for travelling to and from the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft Can you guess what some of those valves and features do ID: 606344
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TIM PEAKE’S
SPACE SUITThe ultimate onesie! Slide2
Tim wore a Russian
Sokol space suit designed especially for travelling to and from the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft. Can you guess what some of those valves and features do?
Photo: ESA/NASASlide3
Tim and his fellow astronauts had to sit in this cramped position inside the Soyuz spacecraft. The
Sokol suit is designed especially for this. Photo: ESA/NASASlide4
This is Tim doing a test run inside a replica Soyuz capsule. Look how
squashed he is! Can you imagine sitting like that for hours and hours? Photo: ESA/NASASlide5
Photo: ESA/NASA
Special features of the
Sokol
space suit
Helmet (attaches here)
Mission patches
Air and oxygen valve
Gauge to monitor pressure within the suit. Tim has a pressure layer on underneath the suit.
Built-in boots
Removable gloves
Mirror to help Tim see outside of his field of vision
Microphone for communicating Slide6
Challenge Questions:
“Sokol” is a Russian word. Can you find out what it means?Why does the
Sokol
suit need an inner pressure layer? If something goes wrong, what can the Sokol
suit do to protect astronauts?
What is an EVA suit and how is it different to this one? Can you make your own presentation about the EVA suit Tim wore on his mission?