Future Spacesuits

NASA is looking at developing a new spacesuit design that would simulate the effects of gravity on the astronaut wearing it. The suit would anticipate the astronaut's movements, and resist those movements. NASA hopes the resistance will simulate gravity to the extent that it will allow astronauts to retain their coordination during long spaceflights.

NASA is pursuing the project with Draper Laboratory and MIT, and hopes to have a prototype suit ready within a decade.