Jan
24
Under Armour is blasting off into a new market — spacesuits
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Under Armour Inc. is teaming up with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to create the next generation of apparel and footwear for pilots and passengers on trips to space.
The athleticwear company will also provide uniforms for Virgin Galactic employees at its Spaceport America operations center in New Mexico, and will help design programs to physically prepare astronauts for flights, it said Thursday in a statement.
While designs haven’t been released yet, the clothing doesn’t need to be pressurized like traditional spacesuits because of the spacecraft’s pressurized cabin, according to a Virgin Galactic spokesman. They are designed for what he called a “shirt-sleeve” environment.
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