This video explains why astronauts wear space suits when working outside the space station, highlighting the protection they provide from various space hazards like micrometeorites, temperature changes, radiation, and lack of oxygen. It...

The space suit is a technological and engineering innovation that allows astronauts to exit the spacecraft while in outer space. Learn about all the different features of this machine.

This video provides a brief overview of the evolution of space suits worn by astronauts. It highlights the advancements made in protecting astronauts from extreme temperatures and micrometeorites while allowing them to perform complex...

Space Facts II puts viewers on the forefront of space exploration, examining its role on Earth in fighting forest fires, controlling diseases (such as diabetes), combating air pollution and mapping solar and lunar cycles. This video...

NASA has finalized the design of the latest space suit Z-2, a second-generation prototype of a series which it hopes will one day be worn by astronauts on Mars.

The story of the A7L Space Suit worn by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

NASA has published details of its Prototype Z-1 space suit. The new Z-1 spacesuit features a large port in the back that astronauts can use to enter the suit from a vehicle. The port can also be used to dock the suit to a shuttle, rover...

If you want to spend any amount of time in space, you'll have to make adjustments to your lifestyle. From what you eat, to how you go to the bathroom, to regular activities you're simply not allowed to do on the ISS, SciShow Space has...

For astronauts, dust is no joke. On the moon and Mars, dust isn't at all like the stuff under your bed. It can be poisonous, corrosive, even made of razor-sharp glass. So future astronauts are going to need more than a dust buster to get...

A space suit is a carefully engineered cocoon, designed to protect an astronaut from the perils of the abyss. Helen Sharman walks us through the suit she trusted with her life when she went into space. Day 6 of our advent calendar, A...

A spacewalk (or extravehicular activity) is the term used to describe movement of astronauts outside the spacecraft. Learn about the types of spacewalks astronauts engage in and the training they go through to prepare.

As a kid Cameron Smith dreamed of becoming an astronaut but his eyesight keep him out of the pilot's seat. Now he's an anthropologist in Portland, Oregon, where he's spent the last decade building a fully functional homemade space suit....

The space suits used by the astronauts on Gemini 7, known as grasshopper suits, were designed for comfort. But after two weeks inside them, that was the last thing on the crew’s minds. From the Series: Apollo's Moonshot: Triumph and