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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When scientists are trying to figure out how to live in near-isolation in a dome to simulate a Mars mission, the last thing they’ll need is an ill-fitting space suit. So one ...
NASA chose to send to Mars a piece of polycarbonate helmet visor, a cut-resistant material used for the palms of astronaut gloves called Vectran, two bits of Teflon with dust-repelling properties ...
Scientists had hypothesized before the rover arrived that the peculiar ridges formed with the last trickles of water in the ...
The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 ...
First the moon, then Mars. Exactly how NASA’s current spacesuit design will evolve for future Mars missions depends first on how it works out on upcoming missions to the moon.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch (right) poses for a portrait with fellow Expedition 61 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir, who is inside a US spacesuit for a fit check.
NASA's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA, commenced on Sunday by sealing four volunteers in a Mars simulation for the next 378 days.
NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first prototype for a newly designed next-generation spacesuit specially tailored and accessorized for the first astronauts expected to venture back to the moon's ...
“We’re developing a spacesuit for a new generation, the Artemis generation, the generation that is going to take us back to the moon and onto Mars,” NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana ...
NASA and Axiom Space will unveil the next-generation spacesuit at a special event at its Space Center Houston facility in Texas. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. ET (9:30 a.m. CT) on Wednesday ...
NASA and Axiom Space have unveiled the first major spacesuit redesign in four decades. Astronauts are getting hip. By Vanessa Friedman Space is getting a new look — sort of. On Wednesday, just a ...
NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet's climate and geography. But another key objective is to ...