NPP Zvezda
Videos
JSC Research & Development Production Enterprise Zvezda, or R&D PE Zvezda, is a Russian manufacturer of life-support systems for high-altitude flight and human spaceflight. Its products include space
Zvezda's chevron logo on the Orlan space suit
Orlan space suit
Videos
The Orlan space suit is a series of semi-rigid one-piece space-suit models designed and built by NPP Zvezda. The Soviet space program and its successor the Russian space program, as well as space prog
NPP Zvezda
…the 1960s it began to design space suits, including the one worn by Yuri Gagarin. In 1965, a Berkut spacesuit was worn during the first spacewalk. The Orlan-M space suit was used by cosmonauts in the Mir space station. Zvezda became a joint-stock company in 1994. Zvezda is also Russia's primary manufacturer…
Cosmonaut Maksim Surayev next to two Orlan-MK models on the International Space Station
Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, next to the Orlan-M spacesuit
Attired in a Russian Orlan-M spacesuit, astronaut John Phillips participates in an extra-vehicular activity. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev is seen in Phillips' helmet visor.
Orlan-D