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Under Armour Is Blasting Off Into a New Market—Spacesuits
- Athleticwear maker teaming up with Branson’s Virgin Galactic
- Spacesuits will be for a ‘shirt-sleeve’ environment on flights
Under Armour Inc. is teaming up with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to create the next generation of apparel and footwear for pilots and passengers on trips to space.
The athleticwear company will also provide uniforms for Virgin Galactic employees at its Spaceport America operations center in New Mexico, and will help design programs to physically prepare astronauts for flights, it said Thursday in a statement.