The vacuum of space is unforgiving, and time is not on your side.
," have portrayed astronauts suffering — and surviving — short exposures to outer space without a spacesuit, while others have depicted a range of grizzly deaths.
That may seem like a very short time, but it's because you would not want to hold your breath before being thrust into outer space. In the dark void of space, the oxygen that sustains us would become a serious problem. Divers face a similar danger when the water pressure decreases as they ascend from the depths. Before entering space unprotected, you'd need to empty your lungs as much as possible. The complete lack of pressure also causes other, though less immediately, deadly issues. Bodily fluids, such as saliva and tears, would begin to boil.
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi work on an antenna assembly as the Earth and moon hang overhead outside the International Space Station.
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