Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value.

Now we are going back to the Moon, which is why major upgrades to the Moon suits are needed and are happening.” Pilot Michael Collins adjusts the helmet of his space suit in the Ready Room at ...

The Z-2 is the newest prototype, with a bubble helmet, hard upper torso ... and technology grows apace. Space historian Roger Launius says the first suits were based on what jet pilots wore.

NASA confirmed in a report that Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost died during a spacewalk outside the International ...

Before leaving the space shuttle to perform tasks in space ... and a parachute pack. The suit, consisting of helmet, communication assembly, torso, gloves and boots, provides counterpressure ...

Two Stranded Starliner astronauts will exit the space station for the first NASA spacewalks scheduled in over six months.

"The helmet is custom manufactured using 3D ... to build spaceships that can ferry astronauts to and from the space station. The suits had been in space before — but not on people Behnken ...

Narrator: But the spacesuits NASA currently uses are more than 40 years old. 18 suits were developed for the Space Shuttle program in 1974 and have vastly overworked their original 15-year-life ...