"Collins Aerospace Successfully Tests New NASA Space Station Suit in Microgravity"

Collins Aerospace completes a milestone in testing a next-generation spacesuit for NASA's use on the International Space Station, conducting a pressure garment system fit and functionality test in a microgravity-like environment aboard a commercial microgravity aircraft. This marks an important step toward developing a suit that can replace the current space station spacesuit and advance spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit for station maintenance, operations, and scientific research. The next steps include testing the spacesuit in a vacuum chamber and at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to simulate a space-like atmosphere and microgravity environment for astronaut spacewalk training.