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How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch When in Their Space Suits (2016x76)

Air date: Apr 18, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFou→“You shake, rattle and roll, baby! That’s the only thing really that you can do to alleviate that itch. Hopefully, between the incredibly bulky and stiff suit itself and the liquid cooling garment you are wearing beneath the suit, you can wiggle your body enough to effectively scratch that itch!” Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/01/astronaut-itch-space-suit-like-face-itch/ Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit_nf.html#.VlzdVWSrTL8 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/hatsman.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/52987/how-do-astronauts-scratch-their-noses-space-walks https://books.google.com/books?id=MEW8BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=If+an+astronaut+has+an+itch+when+in+a+space+suit,+like+on+their+face,+how+do+they+itch+it?&source=bl&ots=zmSnAmj3KC&sig=aSuFwp16YUMBmP4f5SeeGRpv3xM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2h__uirnJAhUJ1mMKHa43Cko4ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=If%20an%20astronaut%20has%20an%20itch%20when%20in%20a%20space%20suit%2C%20like%20on%20their%20face%2C%20how%20do%20they%20itch%20it%3F&f=false http://www.space.com/11806-nasa-spacewalk-astronauts-spacesuits-pain.html https://www.quora.com/What-would-astronauts-do-if-their-faces-itch-when-theyre-in-spacesuits http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/top-20-awesome-facts-about-space.html http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-a-spacesuit-k4_prt.htm http://www.space.com/11806-nasa-spacewalk-astronauts-spacesuits-pain.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Parmitano http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp36/16eva/index2.html#.Ueb7-qyd_z4/