WASHINGTON — Seat restraints, pressure suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn’t work well, leading to “lethal trauma” as the out-of-control ship lost ...

Sharon McDougle and Dr. Mae Jemison (Sharon McDougle). McDougle was responsible for processing the orange launch and re-entry pressure suit assemblies worn by all NASA space shuttle astronauts ...

The life-support system in Baumgartner's suit was the same as the one that Cobham makes for an Air Force U-2 pilot's protective assembly and for the space shuttle advanced crew escape suit.

To protect the first astronauts from sudden pressure loss, NASA modified high-altitude jet-aircraft pressure suits from the US Navy. ... Space Shuttle Flight Suit (1988-2011) ...

The pressure suit prevents the body fluids and blood of the astronaut from boiling because of the vacuum of space, a very critical safety necessity for EVAs. How the EMU backpack supports ...