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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In the not-too-distant future, astronauts could be drinking water harvested from their own urine, courtesy of a Dune-inspired system integrated into their spacesuit. If nothing else, it should ...

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 ...

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas and Glenn Research Center in Ohio are exploring adding augmented reality to spacesuits in an effort to increase astronaut autonomy in instances of real-time ...