The difference between SpaceX’s EVA suit and NASA’s EMU isn’t so much about aesthetic choices as it is the result of their respective functions, features, and history. At their core ...

Not only that, of the 18 EVA suits which were originally built, only 11 of them actually still work, and they’re built in only three sizes, making for awkward fits for some astronauts.

If you think the space race ended with the moon landing, it's time for an update. Space travel is slowly growing from the ultra-exclusive purview of governments to the environment of the exploring ...

Astronauts currently wear spacesuits — called Extravehicular Activity, or EVA, suits — designed more than 40 years ago when conducting spacewalks. Earlier this week, NASA abandoned plans to ...

If the EVA can prove its efficacy with the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission — particularly at a lower cost than what NASA spends — it's possible that the space agency could outsource suit ...

the company introduced an advanced EVA suit called “Astro,” which—perhaps looking ahead to a new era of private lunar missions—it developed on its own, instead of waiting for a NASA contract.

NASA has not had a new space suit since 1982 when the current EVA suits were made, and there have been no new Moon suits since the Apollo program that ended in 1972. To fill this gap, the agency ...

and rather than go the traditional route of taking that suit and putting it in the water, which is the analog that NASA has used for a while for training spacewalks — we didn't have the luxury ...

Citing safety concerns, NASA announced on Aug. 24 that the ... such as a loss of cabin pressure or temperature changes. Those suits are different from EVA – for Extra-Vehicular Activity ...