What will a Mars spacesuit look like in the future? To maximize an explorer's productivity on the Red Planet, different types of suits are needed from those used by Apollo moonwalkers, experts said.

To test out spacesuit materials on Mars, NASA scientists have come up with an ingenious plan. The Perseverance rover, which will explore the planet and is being launched this summer, ...

The space suit is torn between humanity's two chief desires: exploration and protection. None more so than the one some of us will be wearing on Mars—which could determine astronauts' survival ...

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet's climate and geography. But another key objective is to ...

It takes Dr Gernot Groomer three hours to put on the spacesuit he hopes will, one day, walk across the surface of Mars. It’s worth taking time when you’re wearing a suit made from roughly ...

NASA chose to send to Mars a piece of polycarbonate helmet visor, a cut-resistant material used for the palms of astronaut gloves called Vectran, two bits of Teflon with dust-repelling properties ...

A spacesuit contest from the European Space Agency invites designers and makers to think of how best to represent humanity on the surface of the moon or Mars.

This marked Nuttycombe's second mission to simulated Mars -- where she first found her passion for improving spacesuit design. "We need our spacesuits to not be injuring our astronauts," she said.

Leaving Earth's gravity does weird things to the body. An Australian-designed spacesuit could be the key to taking humans to Mars — and making sure they can actually climb out of the space craft ...