As Ax-1 commander and Axiom Space's chief astronaut, Lopez-Alegria gave his input into the design of the flight suits, but most of the credit goes to Italian outfitter Loro Piana. Working with a ...

A spacesuit has to protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space ... and have vastly overworked their original 15-year-life design. Suit No. 1 was only used for certification, while suit two ...

The Starman suits, as they've been called, are all in one piece and customised for the astronaut. Their look was conceived by Hollywood costume designer Jose Fernandez, who has worked on Captain ...

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

Today’s high-tech spacesuit materials are a far cry from the cotton and rubber used by early high-altitude pilots. This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Their scorecards will include categories like the overall mass of the solution, its ease of use, and how much it impacts the ...

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in 1969 wearing one of the original spacesuits Nasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 Moon mission.

Beyond the fact that Hollywood costume designer Jose Fernandez ... information we’ve ever had about how astronauts store, wear, and operate the suit. [Soichi] starts by showing off the ...

As the New York Times reports, astronaut Tracy Dyson discovered the leak just moments after switching her suit to battery power. The umbilical cooling unit attached to her suit started leaking ...

Canadian company Hexoskin will design the wearable device as part ... that high level of radiation," Fournier added. Related: Astronaut suits up in 'smart' astroskin jersey on space station ...

Their scorecards will include categories like the overall mass of the solution, its ease of use, and how much it impacts the suit design, if any—luckily, treating the fallen astronaut while on ...