Space historian Roger Launius says the first suits were based on what jet pilots wore. Over time they’ve evolved into autonomous modules that help astronauts negotiate the inky expanse ...

López-Alegría was there to unveil the spacesuit he wore when he led an Axiom Space mission, which was the first ever private spaceflight ... astronauts wear special flight suits.

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and ... colour for maximum propaganda effect), his suit ballooned when no longer constrained ...

Narrator:Retired Colonel Joe Kittinger was the first man to ever jump in a pressure suit ... crucial pieces of equipment: his pressure suit and space capsule. His capsule was pressurised to ...

Artemis III, NASA’s first crewed moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972, will outfit its astronauts in brand new space suits ... engineering era is bigger than ever. The spacecraft, the satellites ...