Smith originally planned to live-test his suit back in August 2014, when he was partnering with an amateur space firm called Copenhagen Suborbitals. He planned to fly in their high-altitude ...

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 ...

Launch is a “go” for the SpaceX Dragon, which will carry a team of astronauts to the International Space Station Wednesday in order to finally relieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, ...

It's all in aid of the Artemis III mission slated for 2026—the first time NASA will return to the surface of the moon since ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent atmospheric pressure—have evolved from pressure suits for ...

space suits must serve several vital functions: provide oxygen, control temperature, permit movement, power communications, and protect against solar radiation. The Z-2 is the newest prototype ...

Participants in their study were asked to get back to their feet again after lying ... especially when wearing the cumbersome space suit. In particular, the responsive nature of the limbs was ...