And in the future, they could look a lot different because NASA ... When heading into space or coming home, NASA astronauts wear a bright orange suit similar in color to the safety vests Air ...

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 ...

They contain different internal layers to keep astronauts ... It recalls the so-called Pumpkin suits used by space shuttle astronauts, but is more lightweight. The other suit, called the ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Boeing and SpaceX choosing vastly different design approaches ... In that case, the space agency could simply send up two spare suits for both of them, making it a far more convenient ...