and whip out your almanac to consult the weather in space. Astronauts have a lot on their minds, and SpaceX aims to simplify some things by providing a heads-up display in its suit helmets.The ...

The futuristic flight suits worn by Doug Hurley and Bob ... when astronauts last launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The helmets are 3D-printed and the gloves are touchscreen-sensitive.

The Z-2 is the newest prototype, with a bubble helmet, hard upper torso ... and technology grows apace. Space historian Roger Launius says the first suits were based on what jet pilots wore.

The fact that it was recorded in space is just an added bonus ... For example as [Soichi] demonstrates the suit’s helmet, the captions read “A cat that is said to have been designed using ...