Protective suits were unnecessary until airplanes achieved fast speeds and high-flight altitudes. Medical researchers then conducted a special study of human physiology during flight. New, stronger, high-temperature-resistant synthetic materials were...

A space suit is a complex system of garments, equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. This applies to extra-vehicular activity (EVA) outside spacecraft orbiting Earth...

Jet packs and metallic armor-like spacesuits, wings that sprout from sleeves and communications antennae are only part of the highly imaginative ideas unveiled at the first national Suit of the Future Design Contest sponsored by Anderson-Little/Richman Brothers of Fall River. From more than...

Editorial Abstract: For the US military, space power has emerged as the dominant strategic framework for executing space warfare. Commander Klein asserts that this framework, inherently offensive in nature and application, is myopic. Contending that the United States has already achieved space supremacy,...

Russian engineers fueled a Soyuz rocket and made last-minute checks to space suits Wednesday, as a Russian, an American and a Malaysian prepared to blast off en route to the international space station.In the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, television networks geared up for a live...

Coming up with a glove to be worn in the void of space is not a typical design challenge, but an engineer from Maine has impressed NASA with a design he came up with at his kitchen table. Peter Homer, 45, won $200,000 in NASA's...