pressure suit

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Mr Aldrin spent the majority of the six-day journey in space wearing the inflight jacket, changing out of it only mid-way through to swap into a pressure suit for stepping onto the lunar surface itself.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2022

The mannequin is outfitted in the same blue pressure suit that future Starliner passengers will wear and includes a suite of sensors that will collect data about the flight.

From The Verge • May 19, 2022

Although, at around 0.7% of Earth’s sea-level pressure, any on-foot exploration of Mars would require a full pressure suit of some form.

From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2020

To make this possible, he wears a one-of-a kind pressure suit designed to buffer temperatures as low as 70 degrees below zero and wind speeds more than 700 miles per hour.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2014

After the sensors are all attached, you put on long white cotton underwear and then crawl into your pressure suit, which is not an easy thing to do.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins