Space suits are high-tech marvels designed to protect astronauts from space’s extreme conditions. Discover the materials, ...

But why not shoot for the moon? Mercury/Gemini: The first space suits were modified U.S. Navy jet-aircraft pressure suits. Neoprene-coated nylon lined the inside; aluminized nylon covered the ...

Inside the spacecraft ... wearer from the temperature extremes of space. Without the Earth's atmosphere to filter the sunlight, the side of the suit facing the Sun may be heated to a temperature ...

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 ...

They were wearing new spacesuits — the first time the company's suits were tested by humans in space. The astronauts ... to wear during long flights inside small spacecraft, but thick and ...