I got my first space-suited glimpse of the ... Air Station to loan him a Mark IV pressure suit (the kind worn by the Mercury astronauts), an oxygen tank, and a regulator. Sinking the airlock ...

These suits have oxygen tanks and filtration systems to provide breathable ... Their survival depends on quick actions and a well-planned response. Space agencies like NASA plan missions with great ...

Everyone who saw it probably thought the same: That suit looks nothing like the ones NASA astronauts ... for hours in space with multiple backup systems. If the primary oxygen supply fails ...

Astronauts depend on oxygen tanks while in space, with backup systems in place to prevent emergencies. In the event of an oxygen supply failure, emerg ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent atmospheric pressure—have evolved from pressure suits for ...

back to the top- Spacesuits for the space shuttle era are pressurized at 4.3 pounds per square inch (psi), but because the gas in the suit is 100 percent oxygen instead of 20 percent, the person ...

Last June a test model of the Space Launch System's 70-foot-long liquid oxygen tank was loaded on a barge ... For the SLS core stage, NASA needed a bigger boat and added 50 feet to the Pegasus.

NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents ...