A spacesuit is all that stand between an astronaut and sure end in the cold void of infinite , so no wonder some astronauts develop a sure alliance of affection with their gear .
Fully suited up for the fit examination .
This is European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano at NASA ’s Johnson Space Center preparing to for hostile expedition 36/37 in March 2013 . Parmitano is expressing his deathless affections for his piece of highly - personalized and substantive gear as part of a primed check the Space Station Airlock Test clause . The spacesuit is an Extravehicular Mobility Unit ( EMU ) spacesuit ; Parmitano is hugging the bulky out element while still tire out the internal thermic unmentionable .
pause tosay himidway through the spacewalk .
Parmitano went on a spacewalk outside the space station on July 9 , 2013 , even devolve on on the Mobile Servicing System . During the spacewalk , Parmitano and NASA cosmonaut Chris Cassidy installed power - cables , find enquiry sample , and do maintenance . This outing made Parmitano the first Italian spacewalker .
catch a lift on the Mobile Servicing System whileswitching a wrench .
The 2nd spacewalk was far less tranquil . His suit fought back , slowly filling his helmet with H2O . Therisk of drown in spaceforced him to retreat back into the station early on , a trek made all the more difficult by being in the darkness after orbital sunset . Thissame suit would later go on for a 2nd attempted drowning , this time of NASA astronaut Terry Virts .
scrub up the water eyelet organisation of the EMU .
Parmitano also wins for best Astronaut Halloween , celebrating by stash a loony toons suit of clothes amongst his personal allotment for the journey and beleaguer that he wasenacting Lex Luther ’s dream .
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