Russians May Use Old Spacesuit As Instrumented Satellite

Russian International Space Station managers are studying the use of an old Orlan space suit as a pressurized housing for student experiments that could be thrown overboard at the ISS. Low-cost experiments could function longer in a pressurized suit that has outlived its usefulness for...

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