Boeing suits are a nod to NASA's past ... the two astronauts Boeing's Starliner spacecraft ferried into space in June, face an interesting conundrum about how they finally get home.

NASA engineers face a new kind of space race. Jesse Buffington: There is absolutely a sense of urgency, not only because of the number of suits itself is relatively small, but the individual ...

space suits must serve several vital functions: provide oxygen, control temperature, permit movement, power communications, and protect against solar radiation. The Z-2 is the newest prototype ...

back to the top- Spacesuits for the space shuttle era are pressurized at 4.3 pounds per square inch (psi), but because the gas in the suit is 100 percent oxygen instead of 20 percent, the person ...