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 ...

India's Aditya-L1 mission captures the first-ever image of a solar flare 'kernel,' providing unique insights into the Sun's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr Rosemary Coogan - Northern Ireland's first ever astronaut candidate - has said the space sector is "very much changing ... "Of course we have a lot of the same constraints in terms of safety ...