Proven best in class space exploration technology

Flagsuit was founded in 2007 to commercialize technology developed for the winning entry in the 2007 NASA Astronaut Space Suit Glove Competition.  Based in coastal Maine, the company is focused on streamlining the production of “Made o Fit” elements for suborbital and future planetary space suits.  Our capabilities include the design, rapid development and manufacture of “articulating inflatable” structures.

Flagsuit Gloves seen here on the NASA EMU suit. Our gloves outperform the Phase VI glove by a factor of two.

In 2009, the company developed the gloves and protective Thermal Micrometeroid Garments (TMGs) that won the second NASA Centennial Challenge.  These gloves incorporated many second generation innovations that increasde hand dexterity while decreasing glove stiffnes (effort) by a factor of two over prior designs.  Flagsuit’s winning gloves were more than twice as flexible as the NASA Phase VI glove in finger and wrist bending torque tests.

Expanding the range of applications for pressure-capable gloves, the company is applying our flexible joint technology to the larger joints of a full-body pressure suit.  Soft Shoulder concepts were built for the NASA CRAVE program in 2009, again achieving a two-fold increase in flexibility with greater comfort than comparable designs. 

Recently, Flagsuit developed its own full pressure suit (pressure garment assembly).