This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent atmospheric pressure—have evolved from pressure suits for ...

Weeks later, Cassidy participates in a test of the leaky suit ... Even Hollywood’s favorite space disaster scenario—the astronaut drifting off alone, like Sandra Bullock in last year ...

The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit ... But in the early days of space exploration, there wasn't much room for stuff of any kind, though each astronaut was allowed to bring ...