Elon Musk reveals SpaceX spacesuit with an emphasis on style

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Wednesday teased an image of his space company’s new spacesuit design, and it’s tres chic. If you zoom in and look closely at the picture, though, doesn’t that look like ol’ Elon himself behind that visor? First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in days to follow. Worth noting […]

Elon Musk unveils spacesuit for SpaceX astronauts

Published time: 23 Aug, 2017 19:44 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed the spacesuits to be worn by astronauts on flights by his private SpaceX company, promising to soon reveal more. Musk posted the image to Instagram on Wednesday, and offered a few details. READ MORE: A step closer to Mars: SpaceX test fires ‘world’s most […]

Elon Musk posts first photo of SpaceX’s new spacesuit

Enlarge / Wear this to ride in a Dragon spacecraft. (credit: SpaceX) Early Wednesday morning, SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a photo of the spacesuit that will be used by astronauts flying aboard the company’s Dragon spacecraft, perhaps as early as next year. It is white, and looks futuristic. In his Instagram post, Musk added that […]

NASA inspector says agency wasted $80 million on an inferior spacesuit

Enlarge / NASA’s current plans for its next generation of spacesuits. (credit: NASA Inspector General) When NASA began developing a rocket and spacecraft to return humans to the Moon a decade ago as part of the Constellation Program, the space agency started to think about the kinds of spacesuits astronauts would need in deep space […]