Space Suit Designs

Images of various astronaut suits, including demonstration suits and illustrations of astronauts in space, emphasizing design and functionality.

Spaceman on a nameless planet, taking rock samples

Expedition 50 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit ahead of his final qualification exams with fellow crew mates NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

AX-5 Space Suit (Hardsuit) attached to donning stand This demonstration of new sizing techniques shows the suit adjusted to accommodate the Astronaut's small size. The hardsuit while maintaining mobility offers the astronaut greater protection from debris, micrometerorite penetration, radiation and thermal loads during EVA operations. Developed by NASA Ames. Designer/engineer Hubert 'Vic' Vykukal

Astronaut in space, computer illustration.

Astronaut manikin as a decoration at the Mall of Asia, Manila, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

S65-28740 (21 Aug. 1965) --- Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (foreground) and Charles Conrad Jr. leave suiting trailer at Pad 16 during Gemini-5 countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

Male astronaut standing in front of black wall at footpath

USA, Alabama, Huntsville. US Space and Rocket Center, astronaut suit.

Spaceman on a nameless planet, taking rock samples

Young female astronaut in space suit lying down on footpath

Fun astronaut - 3D Illustration

Man posing dressed as an astronaut in an elevator

Spaceman standing at illuminated stairs at night

Astronaut in einem Raumanzug fliegt auf schwarzem Hintergrund. Elemente dieses Bildes werden von der NASA zur Verfügung gestellt. Astronaut in a spacesuit flies on black background. Hands are raised up.Elements of this image furnished by NASA LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SerhiyxHrytsakx 23178342

Close-up of an astronaut

USA, Illinois, Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, John Young's Apollo 16 lunar spacesuit

Child with spacesuit orbited by celestial bodies and luminaries

Astronaut in space, illustration

Young male astronaut in space suit standing on road at street during sunny day

Krechet-94 spacesuit - the Soviet semi-rigid spacesuit with integrated life-support system. Designed under the direction of Guy Severin (1926-2008).

Man wearing a protective suit against viruses, illustration

Spaceman standing on a street in the city at night

An astronaut on a city sidewalk holding a balloon

Aviation Museum Hangar 7, Red Bull Stratos space suit, Salzburg, Salzburg State, Austria, Europe

Close-up of an astronaut

Female astronaut in space suit doing dab while standing near building

JSC2010-E-090735 (10 June 2010) --- Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission. Although it will initially only participate in operational tests, upgrades could eventually allow the robot to realize its true purpose helping spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the space station.

S129-E-006765 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the stations truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the stations mobile base system.

1960S Man Astronaut Lifting Up Visor Helmet Wearing Silver Navy Space Suit

Man posing dressed as an astronaut in an elevator

Thoughtful male astronaut in space suit looking up during sunny day

Spaceman exploring nameless planet, examining plants

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Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launched a temporary workstation, Skylab, to discover the effects of low gravity and weightlessness on the human body, and also to develop tools and equipment that would be needed in the future to build and maintain a more permanent space station. The structures, techniques, and work schedules had to be carefully designed to fit this unique construction site. The components had to be lightweight for transport into orbit, yet durable. The station also had to be made with removable parts for easy servicing and repairs by astronauts. All of the tools necessary for service and repairs had to be designed for easy manipulation by a suited astronaut. Construction methods had to be efficient due to the limited time the astronauts could remain outside their controlled environment. In lieu of al

Spaceman exploring nature, relaxing in meadow

USA, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Apollo XII lunar landing display

Astronaut, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, North America

AX-2 Hard Space Suit with Vic Vykukal. Vykukal is the principal investigator of the AX space suit series.

Male astronaut standing on zebra crossing during night

Hubert Vykukal demonstrates mobility of the Hardsuit AX-3 Space Suit design.

Illustration of an astronaut in space

Young caucasian boy dressed as an astronaut standing in front of his rocket themes of imagination dream aspirations

AX-2 Hard Space Suit with Vic Vykukal. Vykukal is the principal investigator of the AX space suit series.

An astronaut on a city sidewalk looking up into the sky

Space suit and astronaut Dirk Frimout at the Euro Space Center, Transinne, Ardennes, Belgium, Europe

Astronaut wearing space helmet in front of building

A boy wearing a space helmet shaking hands with an astronaut

Spaceman standing at a lamp on a city square at night

Spaceman on a nameless planet, taking rock samples

Female astronaut in space suit hailing ride while standing on footpath near road at night

Astronaut model assembly kit

Woman astronaut in space suit standing by wall during sunset

JSC2005-E-11678 (December 2003) --- This is Robonaut B, the newer of two NASA robots used in recent hand-in-hand testing at the Johnson Space Center with human beings to evaluate their shared ability to perform certain types of extravehicular activity. In late 2003 Robonaut Unit B was retrofitted with a mobile platform. This new base, called the Robonaut Mobility Platform (RMP), adds an entirely new capability to the functionality of Unit B.

Boy dressed up as astronaut

STS057-89-067 (25 June 1993) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, astronaut Peter J. K. (Jeff) Wisoff, stands on a mobile foot restraint on the end of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS). Astronauts Wisoff and G. David Low participated in a lengthy session of extravehicular activity (EVA) on the mission's fifth day in Earth-orbit. This view was recorded on 70mm film with a handheld Hasselblad camera inside the Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin.

Spaceman exploring nameless planet, examining plants

ISS034-E-039162 (1 Feb. 2013) --- Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, is pictured in this image photographed by an Expedition 34 crew member in the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory. R2 was powered up so ground controllers could run it through a series of tests and configuration checks after a recent software upgrade.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo 7 astronauts Donn F. Eisele, foreground, and Walter Cunningham, rear, undergo spacesuit checks today prior to their Earth orbital mission with Walter M. Schirra Jr., not shown. The three space pilots lifted off atop a Saturn 1B space vehicle from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34 at 11 03 a.m. EDT, Oct. 11, 1968. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first manned Apollo flight is designed to verify spacecraft systems for future lunar voyages.

Astronaut wearing space helmet by blue illuminated light

Exhibition artefacts. Moving to Mars at The Design Museum, London, United Kingdom. Architect: N/A, 2019.

$ISS034-E-031855 (21 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, watches a water bubble float freely between him and the camera, showing his image refracted, in the Unity node of the International Space Station.$

3D rendering of an astronaut isolated in empty space. 3D rendering of an astronaut isolated in empty space Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 14960676

Exhibition artefacts. Moving to Mars at The Design Museum, London, United Kingdom. Architect: N/A, 2019.

Apollo 8 Astronaut and commander Frank Borman leads the way as he and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot; and William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot head out to the launch pad for the historical first manned Apollo mission to travel to the lunar vicinity, and first manned mission launched via the Saturn V vehicle. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.

The NASA SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts emerge from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 15, 2020. In front, from left are NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander. Behind them, from left are NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. They will board two Tesla vehicles for the trip to Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the companys Falcon 9 rocket from Pad 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.

Portrait of spacewoman looking up at sunset

Space suit, The Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, USA, North America

Female astronaut in space suit standing on forest path

Orange advanced crew escape space suit standing in black background - Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Advanced crew escape space suit - 3D render

Astronaut in spacesuit and mockup without a head

South Africa, Cape Town, Apollo spacesuit glove at IAC exhibition

S63-01755 (May 1963) --- Full-length portrait of Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.

. Artemis II Crew Announcement - Official Crew Portrait & Media Package Photos. Photo Date: March 29, 2023. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Young female astronaut in space suit waiting at bus stop during night

An astronaut on the surface of the moon saluting an American flag

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 crew members pose in their clean room suits at Launch Pad 39A where the Space Shuttle Discovery is undergoing final preparations for liftoff on the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission. They are making a final inspection of the payload before payload bay closure. From left are Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley and Steven L. Smith, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission Specialist GregoryJ. Harbaugh, Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner and Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST.

Spaceman exploring nameless planet

An astronaut rolling a drum of toxic material on the moon surface

Attendees of the National Symphony Orchestras performance of Gustav Holsts The Planets take pictures in a model of a spacesuit, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at The Anthem in Washington, DC.

Astronaut waiting for departure to space, illustration

USA, Texas, Houston, Astronaut suit in Space Center

Boy wearing white space suit with raised arms on a step with virtual reality glasses

Male astronaut taking selfie through smart phone in city

Close-up of astronaut holding space helmet near waist while standing on moon

Close-up of an astronaut

Male astronaut standing with arms crossed on staircase

Neil Armstrong's Pressure Suit, A7-L, A19730040000, Apollo 11, that he wore to walk on the moon July 20, 1969 in its new display case in The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age Gallery of the National Air and Space Museum, July 12, 2019. (Smithsonian Air and Space Museum photo by Eric Long) 20190712JP-0089 NASM2019-03995

Exhibition artefacts. Moving to Mars at The Design Museum, London, United Kingdom. Architect: N/A, 2019.

person in an astronaut suit standing before an entrance

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. relaxes after suiting up to participate in a space vehicle Countdown Demonstration Test with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins. They will be launched on a lunar landing mission.

Visitors, some with their dogs, line up to make their photo inside a space suit exhibit during the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event that was held in tandem with the NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge on Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Worcester, Mass. The NASA-WPI challenge tasked robotic teams to build autonomous robots that can identify, collect and return samples. NASA needs autonomous robotic capability for future planetary exploration.

Kid girl astronaut in space over Earth planet. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Exploring outer space. Mixed media

jsc2021e007018 (Jan. 7, 2021) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist for the SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station, trains inside a mockup of the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California.

Close-up of a man and a woman wearing fencing masks and holding fencing foils

Woman with space helmet standing in front of green illuminated lights

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos takes part in spin chair training, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14.

Madrid, March 1936. Emilio Herrera with the space suit designed by him to ascend to the stratosphere.

S72-48892 (September 1972) --- Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer during lunar surface extravehicular activity simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander, is seated in the left-hand seat. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is on Cernan's right.

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