The fabric of the space suit has layers of different materials. Every layer has a function.

There are 10 different materials that you can use to make the new fabric.

Materials are:

Task 5 -- Experiments with materials.

All these materials for the space suit fabric have different properties. You are going to do experiments to investigate the material properties of these materials.

The material properties your are going to test are:

• impact resistance
• mass
• flexibility
• infrared resistance
• UV resistance
• insulation capacity

Click on each property to see the research question and experimental set-up.

Put the results of your experiments in a table in lab journal !!