WHEN most of you hear the word “spacesuit”, your mind immediately pictures an astronaut in space floating freely wearing a white spacesuit. But do you know there is also an orange colour spacesuit for the astronauts?
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If you already knew that, do you know the reason for the different colour of the spacesuits? To start with, there are two main kinds of spacesuits, Launch/Entry suits, the orange ones and Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVA) suit, the white ones. The orange suit is a full-pressure suit that astronauts wear during launch time and is designed to protect the wearer from accidents during the launch or landing of the spacecraft. The reason for the orange colour is that it’s highly visible for search and rescue.
The white suits EVA, is used during their spacewalks. These are designed for survival in harsh conditions of space and protect against small debris floating in the space.
The most important reason for the white colour is that white reflects more heat than other colours, therefore, the astronaut doesn’t feel too warm.
