Space suits ... can keep astronauts alive in the near-vacuum conditions of space. Read more about past—and future—travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11 ...

The suits also had to be robust enough to survive on the Moon’s surface and flexible enough so that astronauts could still walk around with ease, reports Fast Company. That’s where Playtex ...

Since the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped onto the surface ... it wasn’t until 3.15am that Buzz Aldrin followed suit, with the pair reportedly spending two hours outside on the moon.

and ease of assembly by astronauts whose space suits restricted their range of movement and ability to grasp items," Platoff explains. Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin later recounted in an ...