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 ...

When NASA designed its first space suits, they were tailored to fit the all-male crews who flew in the early 1960s and landed on the moon in 1969. But as NASA has become a more diverse agency, in ...

NASA plans to resume spacewalks on the space station in 2025 after a leaky spacesuit suspended those activities in June. "We ...

As men and women of different shapes and sizes join NASA's astronaut corps, a poorly fitted suit not only prevents certain astronauts from conducting spacewalks, but "can also increase the effort ...

The suits, which were built in 1978 and have not been updated since, were made at a time when most astronauts were men. The smallest sizes were discontinued in the 1990s, and medium is now the ...

The space suits were custom-made for individual astronauts, all of whom were men. After astronauts planted the American flag on the moon, NASA turned its focus toward the next phase in space ...

Two women astronauts, but only one space suit available in their size. So a man got it instead. It’s 2019, folks, writes astrophysicist Meg Urry, and women are everywhere – in science ...

Astronaut Anne McClain, center, helps crewmates Christina Koch, left, and Nick Hague, right, suit up before a revised spacewalk Friday to continue solar array battery work.

Many children dream of one day strapping on an astronaut suit, ... 12 men and women announced as the newest astronaut recruits . NASA says it received a record-breaking number of applications.

Men still outnumber women in NASA's astronaut corps. Of NASA's 47 active astronauts, 20 are women. Of the seven astronauts currently living at the space station, McClain and Ayers, an Air Force ...

But about one-third of the women -- eight out of 25 female astronauts -- couldn't fit into existing suits. Sunita Williams says the astronaut corps realizes that it's "stuck" with the sizes NASA has.