NAM Suborbital Spacesuit - Designed by Nikolay Alexandrovich Moiseev

NAM Suborbital Spacesuit - Designed by Nikolay Alexandrovich Moiseev

Nikolay Moiseev was a spacesuit engineer for the Russian company Zvezda for over 20 years, during which time he rose to the rank of Lead Designer and Project Manager. In 2006, Moiseev brought his extensive knowledge and experience to the USA as he began to explore the wider world of spacesuit development. The NAM spacesuit prototype was designed to be a lightweight, low cost spacesuit for use inside a spacecraft - developed with commercial spaceflight tourism in mind. It is the first of its kind made by an independent spacesuit designer, and is capable of holding pressure up to 6 psi to keep its wearer alive in the event of a spacecraft depressurisation.

Moiseev's NAM suit was tested by Steve Truglia, a stuntman who was aiming to break Joe Kittinger's record for a high-altitude parachute jump. Although he never made the jump (instead Felix Baumgartner broke the record in 2012), Truglia's plans involved using one of Moiseev's spacesuits.

The multi-coloured NAM spacesuit has removable gloves with adjustable Velcro loops on the palms, a bubble helmet, a pressure gauge on the left wrist, a pair of ventilation ports (in and out), and a variety of adjustable webbing sections to alter the suit for each user. Moiseev has gone on to work with Ted Southern to found Final Frontier Designs - a spacesuit company that has subsequently been acquired by Paragon Space Development Corporation, and is part of NASA's future spaceflight plans.