A space suit isn’t just clothing—it’s a fully functional life-support system designed to keep a human alive in an environment that instantly kills. It regulates pressure, oxygen, temperature, and ...

Learn how space suits work and see the secrets behind some of science fiction’s greatest movies in two free children’s programs presented by James Pollnow, outreach education coordinator for the ...

Astronaut suits are evolving far beyond the bulky systems used during earlier space missions. Modern space suit technology is now focused on helping astronauts move more naturally while surviving the ...

We’ve all seen it, the glossy visors, sculpted armor, and sleek silhouettes of sci-fi space suits that look decades ahead of anything NASA’s ever launched. From Prometheus to Sunshine, filmmakers have ...