WASHINGTON--When three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, some saw a message in them wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

prompting the crew to close the Poisk hatch to the rest of the Russian segment. Space station air scrubbers and contaminant sensors monitored the station’s atmosphere following the observation ...

Beyond NASA, space programs in countries like Russia and China also use white suits. Not the colors of ... Cathleen Lewis: White is the color that reflects back the radiation most effectively ...

A new delivery of food, fuel and supplies has arrived at the International Space Station by way of a Russian supply ship. Roscomsos' Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91, as referred to by NASA ...

back to the ... the side of the suit facing the Sun may be heated to a temperature as high as 250 degrees Fahrenheit; the other side, exposed to darkness of deep space, may get as cold as -250 ...