Amazing facts about the Space Costume

 A Space Costume is specially designed for the astronaut. They wear the costume to protect himself or herself from the difficult environment of space. This costume is used inside the spacecraft to adjust the cabin pressure and make friendly with the unknown situation of the outside of spacecraft. The modern space costume is designed to keep the astronaut comfortable and to keep continue Oxygen supply.

     NASA used mainly three types of space costume - IVA (intravehicular activity),   EVA (extravehicular activity), and IEVA (intra/extravehicular activity).  IVA is used inside a pressurized spacecraft. EVA is used in the outside of a spacecraft. IEVA is use both in the inside and outside of a spacecraft. The first space costume was designed in 1930. The astronaut of Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin wear the first space costume in 1961 in the spacecraft Soviet SK-1. 

       There are various design of a space costume. All designer give stress on the comfort matter of a astronaut so that they freely done their mechanical and technical work. There are four process to design a space costume. 

             Soft costume - made of fabrics.  
             Hard-shell costume -  usually made of metal and do not use fabric.         
             Hybrid costume - hard-shell parts and fabric parts.             
             Skintight suits -  A heavy elastic body and  head is in a pressurized helmet.

        The space costume is not a commercial product and it is not sell in the open market. So it is difficult to determine the price. it's depend on the design and develop. The cost of a Space costume is around $300 to $500 million dollars.