While the EMU is currently more rugged and dependable than Elon Musk’s stark white space undies, that doesn’t mean the SpaceX version is bad. Each suit has its use, and SpaceX’s is a great ...

Now as then, a space suit is essentially a gas-filled ... Apollo-era suits were the first equipped with a life-support system. EMU: The Extravehicular Mobility Unit has been NASA’s workhorse ...

Engineers have had to come up with some interesting ways to generate oxygen in the vacuum of space.