From 1966 through the 1990s, NASA Ames worked on a series of hard space suits designed for greater mobility. This is one of the earlier models, from 1966. That's inventor Vic Vykukal inside.

Nancy-Lee Rodden was given an unexpected task after she got an accounting degree in college and started working.

Siegfried Hansen, an electrical engineer and inveterate tinkerer who 50 years ago pioneered the hard space suit only now being used in NASA missions, died of pneumonia June 28 at a convalescent ...

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

The space suits worn during SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission are a sci-fi reimagining of NASA’s classic marshmallow suits. There’s a good reason why they look so different. When Jared Isaacman ...

Later this decade, humans will stand on the lunar surface once more. The suits they will wear will be far more advanced than those of the Apollo astronauts.

In space, moon suits are the height of fashion, and NASA officials on Wednesday lavished praise on what astronauts will be wearing when they step on the moon in the coming years. “We’re ...

Armstrong and crewmate Buzz Aldrin were wearing big, bulky space suits designed to protect them from intense cosmic radiation and the vacuum of space.

How to Remove Your Space Suit in Settlements Your Spacesuit and Helmet are vital pieces of equipment that are designed to keep you safe when visiting planets with toxic and hazardous environments.

Existing suits limit who can spacewalk because the suits are tailored to a specific height or gender and interchangeable components are not readily available in space.

The space suits worn during SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission are a sci-fi reimagining of NASA's classic marshmallow suits. There's a good reason why they look so different.