The Feitian suits are engineered to support astronauts for a complete eight-hour work period in the vacuum of space. Last ...

Once realized, China's manned lunar program will make the country the second nation to land astronauts on the moon, significantly boosting its global space standing. The United States successfully ...

BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China's first batch of extravehicular spacesuits for its space station has outlasted their expected lifespan and continues to perform reliably. These spacesuits have ...

In today's space news and update video China's space station is growing, NASA awarding contracts for designing new space suits, NASA tests new type of lunar concrete, and Sony starts building ...

Once realized, China's manned lunar program will make the country the second nation to land astronauts on the moon, significantly boosting its global space standing. The United States successfully ...

They all wore a white spacesuit. And they're not alone. Beyond NASA, space programs in countries like Russia and China also use white suits. Not the colors of the Russian flag or China's iconic ...

China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States Space Force, which warned that Washington’s key rivals are closing ...

The exercise also hammers home the fast-closing technology gap between China and the U.S. The East Asian power has ascended to the level of space power in recent years on the back of massive ...

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 ...