Spacesuits were an important consideration that Nasa had to factor into its plans to bring the astronauts back home. Wilmore ...

get out of their space suits and rest as the spacecraft continues to descend. Their estimated splashdown time back on Earth is 7:57am AEST, Wednesday. Until then, ground crews in both Houston ...

When Jared Isaacman popped out of the hatch of the Dragon spaceship Resilience and into the vacuum of space, he really looked pretty spiffy. For the first time in history, a private citizen got ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suits like these worn in 1966 by Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell (right) were made to resist the extreme conditions of space travel for only a short period. Bettmann / Corbis "Jack is the most beautiful.