The first spacewalk was conducted in 1965, by Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. Nearly 20 years later, cosmonaut Svetlana ...

The NASA Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit is a vital piece of equipment for astronauts performing spacewalks. It ...

Sixty-four years after the first American to fly into space sought permission to pee in his suit, a new campaign is pairing ...

A NASA astronaut noticed a "slice" in the index finger of her right glove during a spacewalk, prompting ground control to ...

In 1988, NASA started making MAGs — Maximum Absorbency Garments — for all its astronauts, said Kiona N. Smith, author of ...

From test pilots like Chuck Yeager to astronauts like Neil Armstrong, David Clark suits have been a constant in American ...

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1 for the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk.