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 ...

NASA’s current EVA suits are more than four decades old, and recent malfunctions have forced the space agency to postpone several spacewalks. “We have broken the mold,” said Matt Ondler ...

The suit is far more elaborate than the long-ago Mercury model and far more expensive, the product of a $228-million contract ...

The spacewalk, for example, was more than a flashy achievement. NASA’s current EVA space suits were designed four decades ago, and suit maintenance has forced the agency to postpone several ...

and reduced gravity simulations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center," the company noted. On the moon, the suits must also contend with 130 F temperatures on crater rims, and "razor-sharp" lunar dust.

NASA could spend billions of dollars on a suit redesign. SpaceX’s EVA suit, meanwhile, is designed to be manufactured at scale for thousands of people to build and explore on Mars, Isaacman said.

The first time NASA unveiled a new spacesuit, President John Kennedy was in attendance. It was 1961, and Kennedy had traveled to Cape Canaveral for an inspection tour, where a suit technician with ...

NASA, Axiom, and Prada have unveiled a new space suit that will be used for a mission to the Moon in 2026. The suits, costing about $100,000 (£76,000) each to make, have been designed and ...

Prada just unveiled the first-ever high-fashion space suit created for NASA's 2026 mission; here's everything you need to know about it An outfit truly out of this world is the brand new spacesuit ...

Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut (who spent 675 days in space), posted online. The suits were revealed at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 16. SEE ALSO ...