NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits - A Behind-The-Scenes Look 

I know it sounds silly, but I think it’s important for the space suits to look cool and inspiring. Those suits from the 70s are so iconic and have a real life super hero aesthetic. As a kid I remember seeing those suits and being blown away. I hope the new suits have that same effect on younger generations.

Worked for Collins Aerospace for 14 years… feeling proud to see the name on the suit

I really like the Collins design the most by far. This stuff is facinating. I wish we had more things that would focus on the amazing aspects of these space suits. Material science & engineering advancements alongside technology is probably helping improve this field of research and design so much

As impressive as the space vehicles are, it amazes me that the suits don't get the public attention that they deserve. The amount of engineering and jewel-like precision in fabrication required to make so many parts work seamlessly and reliably together in such a small package is genuinely mindblowing and has fascinated me since I was a kid. Edit: It's disheartening to read some of the absurd replies to this comment. So few people understand how much the R&D from NASA projects, (including suit tech) has benefited them and the rest of society as a whole. And, anybody who believes that the earth is flat, or that we never went to space or the moon shouldn't even be using the technological devices that enable them to post such ignorant garbage on the internet, because according to you, the science that makes that possible isn't real. I'd blame the education system, except for the fact that I learned from that same system, and I didn't turn out to be a dimwitted imbecile who can't understand simple concepts like "funding for the development of a new space suit design isn't all spent on making one individual suit". It's really sad that expressing interest in technological development triggers such unwarranted hate and distrust in people, half of which likely wouldn't even be alive today if it weren't for the discoveries and advances in practically every aspect of modern development that derived directly from the publically funded R&D conducted by NASA and fellow aerospace centers, here, and around the world. To all of you out there who share my appreciation for these kinds of achievements and collaborations, I thank you for all the "likes".🚀❤🤍💙🤓 To all the needlessly obsessed, tin-foil hat-wearing detractors, science deniers, and NASA haters out there, don't bother replying. I'll not be engaging with such idiocy any further. You are a huge part of what's wrong with the world today. You are part of the problem. Enough is enough, I'm turning my notifications off. Congratulations, you just succeeded in ruining one more thing in the world. Have fun living your lives in fear and ignorance. I pity your children.

Modern suits look a lot less bulky and awkward than Apollo era suits. Amazing that they can provide safe life support in near vacuum including temperature control, oxygen, communication, and reasonable comfort.

Excited to see these preparations. Hats off to Team NASA🎉

Absolutely amazing. Love the design. This is what I genuinely love to it. The major jump in technological advancement and innovation from a years old product to current generation. Unfortunately it’s not yet iron man nanotech but I guess it’ll do til we get to that point.

Space suits are basically space ships with a human shape, it's amaizing

Interesting I thought I read a few years back how nasa is no longer a fan of suits that connect at the hip with the ring thing because of added weight and complexity and instead preferred the Apollo and Russian style with zipper in back. The article mentioned they were looking back at those but also those the astronaut climbs in at the back right behind the life support system/pack like the nasa made prototype shown in this very video. So it’s interesting to see the collins suit is the current hip ring shuttle type.

Spending $3.5 billion on space suits is kinda like buying a shirt that costs more than a brand-new Mercedes

3.5B dollar suit! I’d like to see someone wear that to the met gala! That’s some serious drip!

NASA makes the suit for 4 mill. 3.5 billion is the Nordstrom markup.

The original suits are iconic but these new ones are long overdue

man that 4ss is massive

These suits look awesome. I can’t imagine how much this’ll improve EVA efficiency and ingress/egress.

This was so cool! More videos like this please, of everything new and exciting happening in space and lunar exploration. I can't wait to see Axiom's lunar spacesuit design. It was a very weird choice for NASA to go with Axiom for lunar spacesuits when Collins/ILC are the companies that make the Apollo spacesuits while Axiom is new and focused on private space tourism and their own private space station, so why are they designing the lunar spacesuits not the ISS replacement suits? Weird decisions from NASA I hope they're the right ones.

Great to see Collins and Axiom pulling through. Imagine going to space only to almost be drowned by a failing space suit 😱

When NASA says they are lacking funds, you know how expensive things really are.

Where is the OSD (On Screen Display) on the helmet? Dont you think it would be way cooler if the helmet had a digital display?

I like the fact that a Spacesuit is literally a little spacestation just for you!

3.5 billion dollars is how much SpaceX is paying to develop the entire Starship program.

Worth every penny. This will reap rewards for many generations!

Once we get some of these specific parts made, it’s gonna be much easier to adapt these suits to more complex missions.

The guy taking about making a machine to make spacesuits very creative that’s what we need creative thinking

Woahhhh nice job Collins! This is awesome!

Good thing rappers haven't found out this is the most expensive suit cuz they'll be rapping in these

More videos like this! I really enjoy this topic.

Very interesting thank you for covering this area .

Now I know what I want for Christmas!

Thats a lovely diving suit for the green screen swimmingpool with the ISS in it.

For the cost, this better give him Iron man powers to bring him back to earth

18000 components for the current suit? Jesus! I had no idea it was this complicated. Also, I thought it was just one space suit for anything in space; space walks, moon walks, or Mars walks.

How you end up spending 3 Billion dollars designing a space suit 😂 I would think 3 million or something

Since these news programs NEVER mention that NASA only gets 0.5% of the federal budget, I will take this time to point it out.

Looks more flexible than the old moon suits. But not very much.

Wow now the astronauts can touch rocks with more dexterity

Wow , this cool. NASA need to plan when new apdates already after this updates for space suite :) Never seen new space suits from NASA before

Great info.

Give NASA more money. Space exploration is something that has the potential to uplift our entire civilization.

Getting to test out spacesuits would be a fantastic job!!!

nicely done

NASA should’ve called me, I would have done it for a billion.

The development of spacesuits is much more complicated than I initially imagined.

It's crazy that most of the tech we have today, cars, spacecraft, planes, tanks.. were all built in the past century. All the modern century added was the digital technology.

Wow!

Nasa: spend 3.5 bil dollar on a new space suit That one indian with 36 subscribers: HOLD MY CURRY

The more I learn about space travel the more I realize how little I actually know about it.

Designing a proper "normal suit" is going to be key to survival in space outside of our magnetic field.

I can see the SpaceX influence with the dark accents and streamlined look.

Collins suit seems to be a true leap forward regarding overall agility. But it seems to me that the wearer is still depended on help by at least one other person when putting it on. This decade old issue finally needs to be overcome or it will cost lives sooner or later.

I love this. Every space agency is literally our future I appreciate the hell out of them!

They need to standardized the space suits so they can be used in any spacecraft going to ISS and for space walks.

Your spacesuits are stone age technology.

Really weird that people in the comments seem to think it's NASA's job to solve homelessness. Lmao

For those of you guys wondering why they cost *so* much, it's because spacesuits are essentially tiny little spaceships. They have to hold pressure, protect our squishy little bodies from the vacuum of space, keep us from freezing or boiling, allow us to see and move around, allow us to connect to and power tools, allow us to breathe, and literally allow us to fly in space without any tethering. All this RnD just to build a few suits ends up costing a ton of money.

I hope this happens it would be great to see maybe a similar space suit when we go to Mars in over 10 years

*Looking forward to buy it*

I always seem to forget that spacesuits don't have to be as robust as submarines. If the vacuum of space is 0 pressure and the normal human pressure is 1 atmosphere then the suits only have to hold a difference of 1 atmosphere. All the space accidents in movies changed my perception.

3.5 Billion that's absurd.

15,000 components in the suit? That’s INSANE!

1:35 *Spends $420.1M* "NASA had a lack of funding"

Nice tux

New suit looks amazing

So futuristic. I can’t believe how far the human race has come when it comes to space travel.

Technology has come so far from the original suit, I’m absolutely floored 🤭

Those will be perfect for floating around the space station

Being in an EVA suit out in space is the only time you could get to experience both claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the exact same time.

And then while in the spacesuit, you got tearing eyes for some reason, next you discover there is no way to clean your eyes and that you can see almost nothing, do almost nothing. I have this every day, being almost completely paralyzed.

How do the gimbals for waist or arm manage to rotate and maintain atmospheric sealing, or do they seal on entry and not move when in enviroment?

Nice underwater swim suit. I am definitely going to buy it.

Lack of funding??? Mind you they are not producing the first ever suit and it’s test beds, facilitates etc. that’s all ready in place. They are only improving the ones we have. So forget 3.5 billion or 1 billion even $421 million sounds excessive.

The Apollo lunar suits had a lifespan of about 27 hours due to the sharp dust from the regolith getting everywhere and tearing the suits up as the astronauts moved around. I hope that has been improved upon in the new suits.

Was hoping they would mention the SpaceX suits for comparison

I like it really cool and not scary or overwhelming looking

Giving astronauts the ability to build their own space suits would be amazing .

New suits need to be designed for manufacturing not only here on Earth, but easily in space or on another planet.

Deberian aprovechar y ponerlo propulsores en caso de emergencia poder utilizarlo para moverse en el espacio.

At nasa work more animators than in Hollywood. Van allen belt. Nobody leaves 😂

Ah yes, 3 billion for a space suit. That's what I like to hear

Good lord 3.5 billion dollars!! Jesus what that made of...🤯🤯🤯

Just imagine that people believe this is all fake. That people think all the time, money, and effort by thousands of people to uphold the “lies” is a real thing.

"lack of funding" Good one.

I had no idea that the current suits had a water circulating as part of the suits function, that was surprising.

SpaceX suits look super.

THIS IS SO SICK 💖💖

It's great that they can throw a frisbee on the Moon. Hmmm 🤔

The Collins suit looks great! I hope it can be tested on ISS sooner than 2026 :) How about adding a GoPro mount on the helmet?

So basically, these suites are "the 70s' design" with newer parts? 😄

Was this suit pressurized during this demonstration? That definitely changes mobility . Completely understandable to only demonstrate as a concept but not a true comparison or proof of concept otherwise.

Not to discredit the engineers and scientists but how many more variations is it gonna take before your happy with the design? You have been working on this since like 2000's to 2010's is it not good enough already?

7:18 Wow, this is almost never done with government contracting. When a company wins the contract, they used to keep everything proprietary and closed, so that no new competitor can ever submit competing bids. (Such as with military contracting.)

Awesome NASA keep going 👏

glad to see this … always blew my mind how the suits never really changed from original

Thank God for Space X moving this industry forward.

I would love to see the cost breakdown. 😅

Nice video. But why exactly is it taking so long and costing a $1 billion.

Thanks

The suits kind of remind me of the first diving suits man made. Wonder what's it will be in 100-300 years.

Definitely needs more improvement but looks good so far!

Nice diving suit! Just the fact that underwater there is pressure pushing in on the suit and in the space the air inside is pushing out. So a suit being able to work in both polarities is AMAZING :)