U of M students work with NASA on new space suit

Students from the University of Minnesota are hoping to help make a leotard-style spacesuit, which NASA has been trying to develop for decades.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Saturday marks 50 years since Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon. It changed the world's view on space exploration and created a moment many will never forget.

Since that time, there hasn't been any major change in spacesuit technology. When you think of an astronaut, you think of someone in that big, bubbly space suit. It's the thing that keeps astronauts alive.

But it's the thing that Brad Holschuh and his students at the University of Minnesota are trying to fix.

"Astronuants in the 1960s when they went to the moon up to astronauts up today orbiting around earth, the biggest complaint that they have is how difficult it is to move once they're inside the suit.," said Brad Holschuh, an Assistant Professor of Apparel Design at the U of M's College of Design. He also co-direct's the university's Wearable Technology Lab

Read more and watch the feature on the KARE 11 website.