As SpaceX gears up for the first-ever private space walk with its innovative EVA suits, what are your thoughts on the impact of such technological advancements on the future of space exploration ...

Now as then, a space suit is essentially a gas-filled ... unpressurized, and folded up. The downside is that, when inflated, they look like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.” ...

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 ...

Earth's atmosphere is 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen from sea level to about 75 miles up ... of space. Without the Earth's atmosphere to filter the sunlight, the side of the suit ...

Australian polar explorer Eric Philips will be launched into space later this month as part of the first crewed mission to orbit ... “During that dry run the day before we are in our suits up on top ...