Analysis Of Chinese Spacesuit Shocks NASA Experts ()

Synopsis:
NASA and China should join together in space travel and not back peddle to the years of Soviet style space race.

In 2008, China became only the 3rd nation to perform an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) from Shenzhou 7 Spacecraft. An overview of the Chinese spacesuit and life support system were assessed from video downlinks during their EVA; from those assessments, spacesuit characteristics were identified. The spacesuits were compared against the Russian Orlan Spacesuit and the U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). China's plans for future missions also were presented. Watch