Innovations in helmet design have also been significant. For instance, the helmets on space suits built for spacewalks serve as a pressure bubble and are made of strong plastic to keep the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

"Rebel Pilot helmets are one of the most sought-after artifacts from the original 'Star Wars' trilogy," says Propstore COO Brandon Alinger. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

"The helmet is custom manufactured using ... But Behnken and Hurley will be the first humans to test the suits while flying through space. NASA astronauts who have gone to the space station ...

The effort to protect and display Armstrong’s suit also included sharing it with a wider audience. The National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office 3D scanned the ...