Boeing shows off new spacesuit design

Posted on 29 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
An astronaut wearing the Boeing Blue spacesuit in a mockup of the CST-100 Starliner capsule. Image courtesy of Boeing.

US aerospace company Boeing has this week shown off a new advanced and lightweight spacesuit design.

The suit, called Boeing Blue, will be used aboard the company’s CST-100 ‘Starliner’ spacecraft which will eventually carry astronauts into Low Earth Orbit and to the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing has designed the new spacesuits to incorporate a number of new advancements both in materials science and in ergonomics. The Boeing Blue suit (as…

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