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 ...

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 ...

Chief among those tasks was designing the first space suit that could sustain life on a natural satellite. Designers were required to come up with a suit that could create a tiny atmosphere for ...

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 ...

As a result of this notable challenge, engineers from MIT have, with the support of NASA, been developing a solution for ...