Gloves are equipped with heaters and special gripping materials to help astronauts handle delicate tasks in freezing space ...

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 ...

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 ...

METAL SUITS takes place where humanity has colonized the Solar System and the Helios planets. Kevin, a once-revered war hero, has long retired to a peaceful life aboard a space retreat.