Packed aboard Tianzhou 9 was 7.2 tons (6.5 metric tons) of cargo, including 1.65 tons (1.5 metric tons) of food for the three ...

China just sent a new batch of supplies toward its Tiangong space station. A Long March 7 rocket lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island this evening (July 14) at 5:34 p.m.

The craft will deliver upgraded spacesuits, exercise devices and scientific equipment for astronauts, with launch expected in ‘near future’.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stranded at the International Space Station. AP. As a result, an incompatibility between the spacesuits designed by SpaceX and Boeing has ...

Modern spacesuits will be a key foundation of this collaborative relationship, forming the interface where astronauts and robots can work together to achieve shared goals.

Spacesuits do multiple jobs – maintaining the body’s temperature, protecting the body from the vacuum of space, as well as from radiation and micrometeoroids.

SpaceX’s new spacesuits are an evolutionary design of the company’s astronaut suits currently worn by the Dragon crews with added features to support the extravehicular activities.

The new spacesuits are designed to be more flexible. Credit: Axiom Space The AxEMU spacesuit is made to be worn by astronauts on NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, which is set to launch in September 2026.

SpaceSuits.US and Crossing the Pell, both conceived at RISD, use state-of-the-art technology to explore adaptive reuse.

However, newer spacesuits may also need to interface with hardware, like robotic drills that exist outside the suit. This will also necessitate more mobility in spacesuits. Working with robots ...

New spacesuits, untested astronauts, and a lot that can go wrong make this five-day mission unusually complex, but with a potentially great reward. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...