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One of NASA’s new spacesuits passes microgravity test

There’s only one way to find out how it works in zero-G.

Collins Aerospace, a private company hired to create spacesuits for use outside the International Space Station (ISS), has tested its suit aboard a commercial microgravity flight, passing a milestone that lets engineers move forward toward critical design review. It can be modified when missions change and fit a much wider range of body types far more easily than the older suits that are based on designs that are decades old. During the test, the plane executed “roller-coaster-like maneuvers” to induce weightlessness and allow someone wearing a prototype to see if it actually lets someone move around in it under those conditions.

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