There weren't a lot of technical details about the suit beyond its having a multifunctional integrated control panel, flexible and reliable gloves, cameras, and a panoramic glare-proof helmet ...

Space suits are high-tech marvels designed to protect astronauts from space’s extreme conditions. Discover the materials, innovations, and future of these suits.

The space suits worn during SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission are a sci-fi reimagining of NASA’s classic marshmallow suits. There’s a good reason why they look so different. When Jared Isaacman ...

The lunar environment poses unique visual hazards. Astronauts face intense ultraviolet radiation, sharp temperature swings, and abrasive lunar dust – all while needing to maintain clear ...

Boeing suits are a nod to NASA's past. SpaceX went the other way, with a futuristic design. The difference may affect how two astronauts finally fly home.

Italian luxury group Prada and Houston-based startup Axiom Space unveiled on Wednesday the design of a spacesuit that will be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to the moon that is planned for 2026.

Like Air Force pilots, astronauts wear a jumpsuit made of Nomex, which is a flame resistant material. Visitors can now see López-Alegría's flight suit, which he wore to command Axiom 1.

Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1) commander Michael Lopez-Alegria poses with the flight suit he wore on the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station as it is now on display at ...

The motocross and ski suit-inspired designs—a 180 from the typically baggy space suit—were custom-fitted to each astronaut’s body and feature a plunging zip neckline as well as zippers that ...

The sleek, skin-tight suit weighs about 44 pounds and is light enough for astronauts to walk in and explore a planet’s surfaces with greater ease than with bulky older suits.