These are the spacesuits that will travel to Mars NASA

They are known as the costumes Z Series. The first two versions, the Z-1 and Z-2 , is a design of ILC Dover, the company that won the bidding. "We headed for Mars. That is the ultimate goal for costumes," said Phil Stampinato, company executive based in Delaware, accessed by specialized site Space.com.

Currently, astronauts performing tasks in space using the EMU, short for Extravehicular Mobility Unit (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) . While it is the clothes that have been using for decades, has many limitations.

One of its major flaws is to walk the discomfort. Therefore, the Z Series are much more flexible. With them will be walking in considerable comfort for Martian soil. "They are less likely to produce injury and offer better opportunities to leverage technology exploration, "said engineer NASA Amy Ross.

One of its peculiarities is that it is through the back, through a hatch . This allows a quick exit, which can help prevent the spread of pollutants inside the ship.

The Z-1 was submitted to NASA in 2011 and ended up being considered one of the best inventions of the year by the magazine Time . Its improved version, the Z-2, will be ready in November 2014.

The new model is more robust and durable than the last. Towards 2018 is expected to be ready the latest version, the Z-3 .

It is still unknown which model will be the ending using the first men to step on the red planet. But ILC Dover will continue to refine its Z Series to be ready when the time comes.