says that the suit is “like a suit of armor made of fabric.” The suit remains soft while the astronaut is in the pressurized environment of the Dragon capsule, but the material hardens when ...

NASA's Perseverance rover isn't just hunting for signs of ancient life on Mars, it's also testing spacesuit materials right ...

Dava Newman models her fashionable BioSuit, which would provide life-sustaining pressure via compression threads woven into the fabric ... the old-fashioned suit. Astronaut Tim Kopra has flown ...

This graphic shows an illustration of a prototype astronaut suit, left, along with suit samples included ... and a commonly ...

It also features coatings for astronaut safety. "The EVA suit visor is made of polycarbonate ... And, for ease of manufacturing, the team developed a new, fabric-based material.