The suit has a long flight heritage, including helping to build the ISS and service the Hubble Space Telescope. Parts of the EMU can be swapped out as needed, but the suit design nevertheless has ...
In the last few years, nearly 100 people have become private astronauts through the space tourism companies Blue Origin, operated by Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic, by Sir Richard Branson. While the ...
Spacecraft and space suit design will be another key focus. The space suits onboard the ISS were originally designed with male astronauts in mind, meaning that female astronauts have to "make do ...