SecondSkin Space Suit

Meet NASA inventor Dava Newman! She's here to introduce readers to the secondskin space suit. Alongside Dava, readers will learn about the next generation of space suits that use hightech materials. They'll explore the technology and concepts that Dava and her team draw on when designing the suits, including mechanical counterpressure, lines of nonextension, and shape memory materials. The Inventor Challenge at the back of the book encourages readers to create their own inventions. For more information about interesting space inventions, check out other titles in the Out of This World series!