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 ...

Artemis III, NASA’s first crewed moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972, will outfit its astronauts in brand new space suits. Created by Axiom Space, who won a $228 million contract with NASA in ...

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 all wore a white spacesuit. And they're not alone. Beyond NASA, space programs in countries like Russia and China also use white suits. Not the colors of the Russian flag or China's iconic ...

It recalls the so-called Pumpkin suits used by space shuttle astronauts, but is more lightweight. The other suit, called the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) suit is designed to be ...

President of Axiom Space, according to People. The AxEMU suits are designed to accommodate a wide range of astronauts, featuring a gender-neutral, unisex design that can adapt to different sizes ...