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[[Image:STS-118 EVA EMU Suit.jpg|thumb|270px|The Enhanced EMU Suit]]

The '''[[Space Shuttle]]/[[International Space Station]] Extravehicular Mobility Unit''' (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic system that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for a Shuttle or ISS crew member to perform [[extra-vehicular activity]] (EVA) in [[earth orbit]]. It is a two-piece semi-rigid suit and it is currently one (contracted; show full)|''Main Functions''
|Protection from cabin fire and sudden depressurization when in Apollo CSM or LM and as an EVA space or moonwalking suit
|Protection from near-vacuum conditions during EVA
|Sudden depressurization during launch and entry while in Orbiter; bailout protection in controlled [[gliding (flight)|gliding flight]] below 50,000 ft.; water immersion for 24 hrs.
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|''First Used''
|1968 [[Apollo 7]]
|198
43 [[STS-6]]
|1981 [[STS-1]] – a modified U.S. Air Force high-altitude pressure suit was used for the first four flight. 1995 – replacement for partial-pressure "Launch-Entry Suit" used since [[STS-26]] in 1988.
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|''Last Flight''
|1975 [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]
|Still in Service
|1984 [[STS-4]] – reintroduced after [[Challenger Disaster]] as partial pressure "Launch-Entry Suit" (LES), replaced fleetwide with current ACES model in 1998.
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[[Category:Human spaceflight]]
[[Category:American spacesuits]]

[[es:Unidad de Movilidad Extravehicular del Transbordador Espacial]]
[[pt:Unidade de Mobilidade Extraveicular]]