EUROSUIT
Spartan Space
Europe's first IVA space suit prototype designed for launch and landing protection aboard crewed spacecraft, featuring autonomous donning/doffing in under two minutes — a world first.
Technical specifications
- Suit type
- Intra-Vehicular Activity (IVA)
- Application
- Launch, landing, and emergency phases inside crewed spacecraft
- Don/doff time
- <2 minutes (autonomous, unassisted)
- Helmet design
- Lattice-structured, 3D-printed, custom-fit to astronaut morphology
- Mobility features
- Bellows at shoulders, elbows, and knees
- Closure system
- Air-tight zippers with ergonomic pullers
- Length adjustment
- Compensates microgravity body elongation
- Biomonitoring
- Real-time physiological parameter tracking (MEDES system)
- Flight test
- ESA εpsilon mission (2026), tested by astronaut Sophie Adenot on ISS
- Planned full-version systems
- Air-tight sealing, fire resistance, atmosphere control, comms, HUD
- Prime contractor
- Spartan Space
- Partners
- CNES (coordinator), Decathlon Advanced Innovation, MEDES
About
EUROSUIT (EuroSuit) is a groundbreaking intra-vehicular activity (IVA) space suit prototype commissioned by CNES and developed by Spartan Space (prime contractor and life-support system architect), Decathlon Advanced Innovation (textile and ergonomic design), and MEDES – Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (biomonitoring). Designed to protect astronauts during launch and landing, EuroSuit introduces a breakthrough: the suit can be donned or removed completely autonomously in under two minutes — a first in the space industry.
Key innovations include a lattice-structured 3D-printed helmet for custom fit per astronaut morphology; bellows at shoulders, elbows, and knees for maximum mobility in confined capsule environments; air-tight ergonomic zippers; and length adjustment to compensate for microgravity body elongation. MEDES integrates real-time physiological monitoring. In 2026, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot tested the prototype aboard the ISS during the εpsilon mission, validating donning, manipulation tasks, and doffing in microgravity. A fully operational version will add air-tight sealing, fire resistance, breathable atmosphere control, integrated communications, and HUD interfaces.
Documentation
- 2025-11-17-EUROSUIT-Press-Release.pdf spartan-space.com ↗
- 2024-05-24-Communique-de-Presse-IVA-SUIT-ENG.pdf spartan-space.com ↗
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