NASA's New Spacesuit

In early November of 2015 NASA unveiled a new prototype for their new spacesuit, the Z-2.

This is the current prototype for the Z-2 spacesuit. Most likely subject to many changes between now and 2030!

This prototype will eventually be refined into a final version that will be used in the projected Mars missions in the 2030s. This design will likely influence newer models that will be used in other planetary explorations. Though it is still in the non-flight stage, the suit will feature a new technology that allows the Mars walkers to "dock" into a ship or terrestrial base which replaces the necessity for airlocks. Compared to the current models, this suit will also offer maximum flexibility for explorers to be able to get in and out of rovers, and retrieve samples and to top it off, a cool aesthetic design. The ideas and original designs for the suit were originally outsourced in a public poll last year. The original look has been tweaked and optimized to took "less like a Teletubby."