Astronauts on spacewalks famously have to relieve themselves inside their spacesuits. Not only is this uncomfortable for the wearer and unhygienic, it is also wasteful, as—unlike wastewater on ...

The suit is designed to replace a garment astronauts wear that is, in essence, a multilayered diaper. According to Science News, the diaper “is known to be uncomfortable, leak and cause urinary ...

Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have made some 269 spacewalks since the ISS launched in 1998, usually lasting around six hours, with the longest being nearly nine hours.

Artemis astronauts may walk the desert surface of the Moon in something very much like the stillsuits from Dune. In the Dune franchise, the desert-dwelling Fremen survive in the harsh environment ...

Watch as Brent tries on and shows off the newest in space suit technologies with the help of ILC Dover, the company that makes these human-sized space ships. Skip to main content Open Navigation Menu ...

And for the first time, these space suits will be made to fit both male and female astronauts, which is something Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut who completed 10 spacewalks and holds the ...