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

It was meant for the one-sixth gravity of the moon, where it would tip the ... In preparation for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and the suit’s permanent display in a climate ...

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

But why not shoot for the moon? Mercury/Gemini ... with boots made for moonwalking, Apollo-era suits were the first equipped with a life-support system. EMU: The Extravehicular Mobility Unit ...

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?

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.” ...

Buzz is wearing his intra-vehicular suit, designed to be as flame retardant ... you’d think there is no picture of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing that hasn’t been seen a thousand times ...

After donning the suits, the trio climbed ... By then, evidence had proved that the moon was sterile and there was no risk to the Earth of contamination. The Apollo quarantine efforts haven ...

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 ...