Space historian Roger Launius says the first suits were based on what jet pilots wore. Over time they’ve evolved into autonomous modules that help astronauts negotiate the inky expanse ...

Narrator:Retired Colonel Joe Kittinger was the first man to ever jump in a pressure suit ... crucial pieces of equipment: his pressure suit and space capsule. His capsule was pressurised to ...

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and ... colour for maximum propaganda effect), his suit ballooned when no longer constrained ...