The first, Axiom Space, makes sense. Founded by ex-NASA employees ... “its expertise in design, materials, and sewing ...

When NASA sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon, it put the best of American science and engineering to the test.

Homer has been in the space suit business since 2007, he said, which was the year he won NASA’s (National Aeronautics and ...

Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will be worn on the moon’s south pole.

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 ...

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 design.

NASA opted for the Playtex design, which even ended up using fabrics like nylon tricot that are traditionally used in bras as well. The decision proved to be a good one, and the space suits served ...

Vollebak’s Shielding Suit uses the same electromagnetic shielding techniques that NASA used for its Mars Rover. The suit ...

Photograph by BILL STAFFORD AND ROBERT MARKOWITZ, NASA But fashion is fickle, and technology grows apace. Space historian Roger Launius says the first suits were based on what jet pilots wore.

and tested the formerly leaky suit to confirm it was safe to use. At the time, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick acknowledged that the spacesuits on the ISS are showing their age, with a design ...