Science Secrets · Drawing 24 of 40
A Spacesuit Is a Tiny Home
Space
To go outside in space, an astronaut wears a special suit. It gives oxygen to breathe and keeps the right pressure around the body. Its many layers also help protect the astronaut.
Did you know?
The suit’s backpack holds parts of its life-support system.
Look together
What differences do you see compared with an ordinary jacket?
An idea to try
Draw an imaginary spacesuit. Choose three useful functions and explain what they do.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Spacesuits vary with the mission. This mannequin simplifies a spacewalking suit; a coat or play costume does not perform these functions.
Sources and illustration notes (3)
Simplified scene and shapes. Models, imagined comparisons and enlargements do not preserve all real measurements.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- NASA: What Is a Spacesuit?Spacesuits give astronauts oxygen to breathe; the backpack holds oxygen, removes carbon dioxide and supplies electricity; parts of the suit have many layers; suits protect from heat, cold, space dust and radiation.
- NASA StarChild: Space WardrobeToday’s spacesuits are pressurized, have an oxygen supply and protect the astronaut during spacewalks.
- Canadian Space Agency: SpacewalksThe NASA spacewalk suit has 16 layers, including a pressure bladder, and protects against the vacuum of space, radiation, micrometeorites and extreme temperatures.
Page prepared on October 12, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Science Secrets to Colour
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