Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.

Space is a vast, mysterious, and dangerous place, and for astronauts, staying tethered to their spacecraft is crucial for ...

In the vacuum of space, your blood would boil, your body would swell, and oxygen would escape from your lungs within seconds.

Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Michael Lye teach courses focused on apparel design and habitats for astronauts and ...

HOUSTON—Axiom Space and KBR have completed initial testing of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), or next ...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Axiom Space recently completed three successful crewed underwater tests of the Axiom Extravehicular ...

An Astro EVA spacesuit designed by ILC Dover. Nancy-Lee Rodden, a 35-year employee of ILC Dover, will speak about the company's line of products used in space exploration on July 10 at 7 p.m. at the ...

LONDONDERRY — What does it take to make a spacesuit? It must be fire resistant, stand up to extreme pressure and temperatures, be lightweight but also flexible. And the life of the wearer will ...

The extravehicular spacesuit B, worn by astronaut Chen Dong on Friday during the third series of extravehicular activities ...

The first American to reach the stars did so in a soggy space suit. Hunter Hollins, a historian at the National Air and Space Museum, was rereading Wolfe's book and was especially stunned by this ...

Nancy-Lee Rodden was given an unexpected task after she got an accounting degree in college and started working. “One of my first jobs was to figure out how much it cost to build a space suit ...