Even though space may be the last uncharted place, any daring human without a top-notch spacesuit will have a very difficult time traveling there. Throughout the past 50 years, there have been a number of significant historical moments that involved space suits.

It's amazing to experience wearing a space suit since it gives you a better understanding of what astronauts go through and how much labor is required.

But in order to safeguard astronauts who were risking their lives in the cause of space exploration, the first functional spacesuits were introduced in the early 1960s.

The evolution of astronauts' spacesuits over the past six decades, from the silvery suits of the Mercury program to Elon Musk's sleek Crew Dragon suits, is shown here.

Let's take a look at how spacesuit development has developed from past to present and according to what needs.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:41 Mercury Suit (1961-1963)
2:22 Gemini Suit (1965-1966)
3:32 Gemini Spacewalk Suit (1965-1966)
4:26 Apollo Spacewalk Suit (1967-1975)
5:26 First Space Shuttle Flight Suit (1981)
6:20 Space Shuttle Flight Suit (1988-2011)
7:01 Extravehicular Mobility Unit (1979-present)
8:17 Sokol Launch and Entry Suit
8:51 SpaceX Crew Dragon Flight Suit (2020 - present)
9:59 Boeing CST-100 Starliner Flight Suit (2022 - present)
10:56 Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit Suit (2023)