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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 of two [[space suit]]s used by crew members on the ISS, the other being the Russian [[Orlan space suit]].

==Suit components==
The suits are white to reflect heat and to stand out against to the blackness of space, the red stripes also serve to easily locate andifferentiate astronauts.

[[Image:Emu spacesuit control module.jpg|right|thumb|240px| The EMU Display and Control Module (DCM)]]
The EMU, like the [[Apollo/Skylab A7L]] spacesuit, was a result of years of research and development. It consists of a [[Hard Upper Torso]] (HUT) assembly, a [[Primary Life Support System]] (PLSS) which incorporates the life support and electrical systems, arms, gloves, Apollo-style "bubble" helmet/Extravehicular Visor Assembly (EVVA), and a soft Lower Torso Assembly (LTA), incorporating the B(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Human spaceflight]]
[[Category:American spacesuits]]

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