As Ax-1 commander and Axiom Space's chief astronaut, Lopez-Alegria gave his input into the design of the flight suits, but most of the credit goes to Italian outfitter Loro Piana. Working with a ...

Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1) commander Michael Lopez-Alegria poses with the flight suit he wore on the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station as it is now on display at ...

Astronaut Michael López-Alegría unveiled a new exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex this week that celebrates private spaceflight, noting that his experience with Axiom Space turned ...

Using Newton's laws of motion and devices made from springs, astronauts on the International Space Station can measure their body mass. Microgravity in low Earth orbit is a demanding environment ...

Lopez-Alegria, who was a NASA astronaut from 1992 to 2012, logged more than 257 days on his first four missions. He is the first person to command both civil and commercial orbital spaceflights, as ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station may be far from family and friends this Thanksgiving, but will still enjoy a festive meal. The SpaceX CRS-31 supply mission that docked Nov.

The space suits onboard the ISS were originally designed with male astronauts in mind, meaning that female astronauts have to “make do” with what is there. This has caused challenges as the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Kennedy Space Center unveiled its newest exhibition – the flight suit worn by Astronaut Michael López-Alegría’s during the first Axiom Mission. López ...

Today’s high-tech spacesuit materials are a far cry from the cotton and rubber used by early high-altitude pilots. This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.

His stay pales in comparison to that of Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who spent 437 days on Russia’s Mir space station in the mid-1990s. NASA and its astronauts have emphasized that their ...