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And now a fashion statement from NASA.

By Maria McEvoy

8:35 AM Saturday May 3, 2014

 

Nasa (click here) has released pictures of a prototype spacesuit, parts of which American astronauts could one day wear on the first manned mission to Mars.

The public voted on three different designs for the Z-2 and the "Technology" design won by a landslide with 63 per cent of the vote.

The design uses luminescent wire to form a light on the front of the suit that can be personalised to help astronauts identify other individuals on their team.

The Z-2 is a prototype so will not be making any future trip to Mars itself as it does not have the ability to fend off the extreme temperatures and radiation of a flight into space.

But Nasa said elements of the suit could one day be used by the first astronauts to visit Mars.