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 ...

Preparations for an upcoming spacewalk continued aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as astronauts conducted health ...

Bleeding the suit beyond its safety limits to make ... White later became one of the first casualties of the space race, dying in 1967 in a launch-pad fire that consumed the Apollo 1 mission ...

The spacesuits worn by astronauts for the Crew Dragon mission have been getting a lot of attention. How do they differ from other astronaut attire down the years? The futuristic flight suits worn ...

Their very first manned spaceflight, Project Mercury, featured silver suits, but none of those astronauts actually explored the vacuum of space. And that's the key because out there, spacesuits ...

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 ...

The suit, the first really designed to fit astronauts of different builds and genders, was created with the help of Italian fashion giant Prada—marking another interesting space collaboration.