A suit's ease of movement is significantly improved if the user moves in accordance with the suit's joints and bearings rather than fighting against its structural resistance.

“If you understand how the suit's designed and where it's designed to move and where it's not, you move that way and then you're not fighting the suit and your fatigue level drops way off.”

A self-healing membrane integrated with optoelectronic sensors can help maintain spacesuit integrity after a puncture.

“when you have a hole you can just put some pressure on it and and then it's just it's just gonna self heal and so you can come back to safety and maybe later do better repairs but at least it keeps you alive and you can get back to your shelter”