Since the early days of spaceflight, advancements in materials, life support systems, and design have significantly enhanced the performance and safety of these suits. Modern space suits use ...

A new design for a historic mission The spacesuits ... build spaceships that can ferry astronauts to and from the space station. The suits had been in space before — but not on people Behnken ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent atmospheric pressure—have evolved from pressure suits for ...