More importantly, NASA also needs to determine the usable lifetime of a Mars spacesuit, and which parts of it will have to be made from what materials: for instance, the shoulder area will be more ...

The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and collaborating organizations SETI Institute, Mars Institute, Collins Aerospace, and Ntention are announcing the successful field testing of new spacesuit ...

Advanced spacesuit designer Amy Ross of NASA’s Johnson Space Center stands with the Z-2, a prototypical spacesuit. Dust can be a problem. For example, current spacesuits are inflated to about 4 psi.

When NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down on Mars it will carry with it the first ever spacesuit samples to land on the Red Planet. The samples will be exposed to the high-radiation ...

Wearing the MS1 Mars analog spacesuit, a team member in Iceland tests the suit while completing analog activities that might one day be performed on Mars. (Image credit: Dave Hodge/Unexplored Media) ...

Mars P.D. will have to deal with new blood-spatter patterns, different body decay rates, and space-suit sabotage—and they won’t be able to fire guns indoors.

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.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When scientists are trying to figure out how to live in near-isolation in a dome to simulate a Mars mission, the last thing they’ll need is an ill-fitting space suit.

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 ...