Yet in some ways they’ve hardly changed. Now as then, a space suit is essentially a gas-filled, human-shaped covering. (Exceptions include the form-fitting suits Dava Newman is developing at MIT ...
back to the top- Spacesuits for the space shuttle era are pressurized at 4.3 pounds per square inch (psi), but because the gas in the suit is 100 percent oxygen instead of 20 percent, the person ...
Narrator:Felix Baumgartner is making a journey to the edge of space. His survival will rely on two crucial pieces of equipment, his pressure suit, and space capsule. Each poses significant ...