NASA Reveals New Spacesuits Designed to Fit Men and Women

By Hailey Rose McLaughlin
Oct 17, 2019 2:38 PMNov 11, 2019 8:29 PM
NASA spacesuits
These two new spacesuits will help the space agency put astronauts back on the surface of the Moon, enhance their mobility, and keep them safe along the way. (Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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NASA revealed two new spacesuits this week that may be worn by astronauts on future missions to the Moon. The suits feature a number of improvements from the Apollo era spacesuits used on the last Moon missions 50 years ago.

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