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 ...

It has more layers to meet the demands of spacewalks. In addition to ensuring a proper pressure differential, which helps ...

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 ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

NASA’s Perseverance rover is testing spacesuit materials on Mars to help scientists design gear for future astronauts.

Tennessee native Butch Wilmore is back on earth after nine months and one of his NASA space suits is going on display at the ...

The latest update to No Man's Sky lets you channel your inner Indy and unearth the bones of long-dead creatures — and their living guardians.