Design concept for SuperLimbs. This device is hoped to help astronauts get back to their feet after a fall. MIT. Astronauts on the moon during the Apollo missions fell over fairly frequently, as ...

SpaceX’s spacesuit isn’t just about protecting astronauts in the vacuum of space,it’s a statement of design, innovation, and practicality. Created by Hollywood costume designer José Fernández, who ...

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

NASA unveiled the new suits, made by a company called Axiom Space, at an event Wednesday. They will be worn by astronauts during the Artemis III mission, which is scheduled for 2025.

In 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned during a spacewalk when his helmet flooded with water that had leaked earlier from the suit’s cooling system. Astronauts might also face ...

Astronauts must be able to enter and exit the suits without assistance, and the total prep time for venturing outside a lander or habitat must be no more than 90 minutes. Both Axiom and Collins ...

And for the first time, these space suits will be made to fit both male and female astronauts, which is something Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut who completed 10 spacewalks and holds the ...

NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt (foreground, from left) in white spacesuits, abandoned plans for a spacewalk on June 24 because of a leak in Dyson's suit.