Before leaving the space shuttle to perform tasks in space ... wears special equipment consisting of a partialpressure suit, a parachute harness assembly, and a parachute pack.

Gloves are equipped with heaters and special gripping materials to help astronauts handle delicate tasks in freezing space ...

The X-38—had it gone operational—would not have been the first reusable spacecraft. But it helped lay the groundwork for ...

Homer has been in the space suit business since 2007, he said, which was the year he won NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Astronaut Glove Challenge.