Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will ...

In fact, the AxEMU is precisely the opposite of SpaceX’s suit: it’s entirely focused on mobility and comfort. If you have ...

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years ...

Apollo Spacewalk Suit (1967-1975) The Apollo program brought astronauts to the moon, and it was no walk in the park. The astronauts needed more protection than either the Gemini or Mercury suits ...

Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and ... travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11, a new moon race is on.” ...

(Most of the motions in this video would not have been possible in the Apollo suit.) The EX-1A (which on the moon would have been covered with a cloth material) is pressurized 35 percent higher ...

Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening ...

More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ... Apollo 11 National Air and Space Museum Pressure Suit, A7-L, Armstrong, Apollo 11, Flown ...

Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity ... and ease of assembly by astronauts whose space suits restricted their range of movement and ability ...