NASA using 'X-suit' approach to push spacesuit technology

NASA is spending about $500,000 this year to identify technologies for an advanced "X-suit" that an astronaut may someday wear in orbit as the space agency works to develop spacesuits for planetary explorers. Dr. Harry C. Holloway, associate administrator for life and microgravity sciences, said the...

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