18 October 2019
First all-female spacewalk is underway!
... ISS to fit both women. Since then, the agency has addressed the issue by sending up a second medium spacesuit in October. “I think it’s important because of the historical nature of what we’re doing,” Koch said ahead of her spacewalk. “In the...
12 November 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts arrive at ISS
... addition to orbital science, Matthias is also certified to perform a spacewalk in both the NASA EMU spacesuit and the Russian Orlan spacesuit. It is expected he will perform a Russian spacewalk to support the installation and first operations of the...
March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... Astronaut Experience Camp. They can experience some of the training courses of taikonauts such as taking the IVA spacesuit on and off, dropping from the escape tower, tasting space food, trying the rotation chair and...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... Steel Producer association: Jernkontoret and Swedish underwear company Bjorn Borg. Thunderwear comes from the application of spacesuit technology to underwear. The goal of the project is to provide steel workers with flame proof underwear that can...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... I am dreaming of a day in the future when a man or a woman from Europe will wear a blue star flag on their spacesuit rather than their national flag. Do we need to wait until they put foot on the Moon or on Mars? An Ariane...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... both self-sufficient and Earth-independent. In situ resource utilisation is required development, as well as comfortable EVA spacesuits, and sustainable food and water systems. Also necessary are mobile exploration vehicles and ascent propulsion ...
