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 ...

AxEMU will not have a heads-up display ... The evolution of the spacesuit in pictures AxEMU will not just be heading to the ...

Now, customers come to a bright, 5,000-square-foot space ... suits, her company's backbone, fit in. She admits that on occasion "times have been very, very tough. It's very, very competitive ...

Chief among those tasks was designing the first space suit that could sustain life on a natural satellite. Designers were required to come up with a suit that could create a tiny atmosphere for ...