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Space suit made using "Nishijin-ori" weaving

Photo taken in Kyoto on Aug. 7, 2025, shows a prototype of a space suit that was made using Kyoto's traditional "Nishijin-ori" weaving. The suit, developed under a space project involving Kyoto University, a Tokyo space venture company and other entities, will be displayed at the World Exposition in Osaka from Aug. 10.

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Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, is pictured in a space suit on Nov. 2, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-11 rocket launched a month later from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

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Commercial Satellite Equipment Manufacturing

HEBI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 - Visitors watch the display of the "Flying" extra-vehicular space suit at the Space Science Education Center in Hebi city, Henan province, China, Sept 23, 2024.

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Commercial Satellite Equipment Manufacturing

HEBI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 - Visitors watch the display of the "Flying" extra-vehicular space suit at the Space Science Education Center in Hebi city, Henan province, China, Sept 23, 2024.

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Dongfang Spaceport Space Science Education Base

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 15, 2023 - Visitors learn about the extra-vehicular space suit through interactive equipment at the space science Education base at the Dongfang Spaceport in Haiyang, Shandong province, China, July 15, 2023. The Dongfang Spaceport is the only home port for launch vehicles at sea in China. Up to now, it has successfully supported 5 sea launch missions and launched 37 satellites in total.

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2023 China Science Fiction Convention in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 29, 2023 - A child visits a space suit at an interactive exhibition at the 2023 China Science Fiction Convention in Beijing, China, May 29, 2023.

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School Popularization of Science In China

QINGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 23, 2023 - Primary school students watch and take photos of a space suit model at the Artificial Intelligence Learning Experience Center in Qingzhou, East China's Shandong province, May 23, 2023.

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 18, 2023 - Visitors try on a space suit through motion-sensing during the "Tiangong Pursues Dreams" China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition at Yantai Museum in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 18, 2023.

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Chinese Marked International Museum Day

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 18, 2023 - Visitors try on a space suit at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition "Tiangong Chasing Dreams" at Yantai Museum in East China's Shandong province, May 18, 2023, 2019. Today is International Museum Day.

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Chinese Marked International Museum Day

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 18, 2023 - Visitors try on a space suit at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition "Tiangong Chasing Dreams" at Yantai Museum in East China's Shandong province, May 18, 2023, 2019. Today is International Museum Day.

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Chinese Marked International Museum Day

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 18, 2023 - Visitors view a space suit model at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition "Tiangong Pursuing Dreams" at the Yantai Museum in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 18, 2023. Today is International Museum Day.

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Chinese Marked International Museum Day

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 18, 2023 - Visitors view a space suit model at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition "Tiangong Pursuing Dreams" at the Yantai Museum in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 18, 2023. Today is International Museum Day.

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Space shuttle Discovery moved to launch pad for May launch

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who is scheduled to be aboard the space shuttle Discovery, briefs reporters on gadgets attached to a space suit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 6. The Discovery was transferred the same day to the launch pad from the vehicle assembly building in the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its planned launch in May.

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Space shuttle Discovery moved to launch pad for May launch

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who is scheduled to be aboard the space shuttle Discovery, briefs reporters on gadgets attached to a space suit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 6. The Discovery was transferred the same day to the launch pad from the vehicle assembly building in the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its planned launch in May. (Kyodo)

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Japan to develop high-tech space suit ahead of U.S. moon project

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is considering developing a high-tech space suit (in an artist's image) to participate in a project envisaged by the United States to send astronauts to the moon in 2018, agency officials said Dec. 21. They said that by drawing on technological prowess from the nation's academia, industry and government sectors, the agency is hoping to produce a suit for astronauts to wear when conducting exploration activities on the surface of the moon. (Kyodo)

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Rocketship X-M film (1950)

Osa Massen Characters: Dr. Lisa Van Horn Film: Rocketship X-M (1956) Director: Kurt Neumann 26 May 1950 Rakete Mond startet (Rocketship X-M, USA 1950, Regie: Kurt Neumann) Osa Massen (mi.) / Astronauten nehmen Frau gefangen, Gefangennahme, festnehmen, Raumfahrer, Astronautenanzug, Raumfahrt, Weltall, Science Fiction; Originaltitel aka: 'Expedition Moon' Date: 26-May-50