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Chinese designers to improve space garments

Designers in Shanghai displayed their innovative designs for the garments worn by Chinese astronauts currently aboard China’s Tiangong-2 space lab.

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Prominent designers in Shanghai are working on improving the space garments worn by astronauts at Tiangong-2 space lab.

They’re considering the astronauts’ feedback and look for ways to maximize the efficiency of their designs. One of the garments they’re working on is a sport jersey especially designed to be disassembled and then reassembled according to warmness and flexibility needs.

Other creative features of the jersey include a pocket design with embedded wires to monitor the astronauts’ health condition.Tiangong crew’s sleeping bag is being tested for the installment of additional features. Tiangong-2 staff will be in space for 30 days to carry out a number of experiments.