This is what Virgin Galactic wants you to wear in space

Spacesuit.
(Image credit: Scnreeshot/Twitter/Virgin Galactic)

Virgin Galactic and Under Armour want you to fulfill your sci-fi dreams.

In a dramatic press conference in New York on Wednesday morning, dancers performed in spacesuits in a zero-gravity simulation and Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson donned his new space threads as the companies unveiled their spacewear collaboration to be worn on commercial space flights by "private astronauts."

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Taylor Watson

Taylor Watson is audience engagement editor for TheWeek.com and a former editorial assistant. She graduated from Syracuse University, with a major in magazine journalism and minors in food studies and nutrition. Taylor has previously written for Runner's World, Vice, and more.