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 ...

The fact that it was recorded in space is just an added bonus ... For example as [Soichi] demonstrates the suit’s helmet, the captions read “A cat that is said to have been designed using ...

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 ...