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 ...

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 ...

Narrator: But the spacesuits NASA currently uses are more than 40 years old. 18 suits were developed for the Space Shuttle program in 1974 and have vastly overworked their original 15-year-life ...

I've been trying for years, they keep it very hidden ... Pilot Michael Collins adjusts the helmet of his space suit in the Ready Room at Cape Kennedy in Florida, before NASA's Gemini 10 mission ...

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 ...

Like trying to plug an essentially outdated USB ... Other plans include flying up suitable Dragon-connecting space suits for the two astronauts on a later mission, should Starliner be deemed ...