A new space suit

A Russian engineer, Nikolay Moiseev, and an American designer, Ted Southern, presented the prototype of their full body space suit last week in New York. Their aim is to achieve a much lower manufacturing cost than current space suits and thus interest companies that could be tasked with sending NASA’s astronauts into orbit in line with the White House wanting to entrust this type of service to the private sector. Nikolay Moiseev and Ted Southern are no newcomers to the subject: in 2009, they won 100,000 dollars and the second prize in NASA’s Glove Challenge, a competition intended to reward innovative solutions as regards space suit glove designs.

Ted Southern’s personal website

The space suit presented on Space.com

Published on 20 July 2010

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