NASA Introduces New Suit for Astronauts Going to the Moon

The first of NASA’s Artemis missions, which will carry humanity back to the Moon, began in November 2022. While the first two missions will be carried out unmanned, in the third mission, astronauts will Landing on the moon again will be targeted.

Although the first details about the clothes that the astronauts will wear on this mission were shared in the past months, its design and final form were not shown. But today the expected announcement came. NASA at the event held at the Houston Space Center new astronaut suits showed.

Humanity will set foot on the Moon in these clothes after 50 years:

Developed by NASA and private space company Axiom Space, the suit is currently at the prototype stage. Therefore, we can expect the design we saw above to be partially changed until the third task.

The first of these changes may be in the color of the outfit. NASA emphasized that while the suit is dark gray in the prototype, it will likely be used in white during the mission. The white color helps protect astronauts in the dangerous environment of space.

These outfits were worn on the last Moon mission in 1972:

What will the costume offer to the astronauts?

NASA’s new astronaut suit, which has hardly been available in suits used so far mobility and flexibility will present. In addition, the suit will fit 90% of US male and female citizens, according to NASA’s statement. This will relatively eliminate the need for astronauts to follow special training and nutrition programs to wear the suit.

Life support systems, pressure underwear and electronic systems to be found in the suit Axiom Space will continue to be developed by All processes such as the design, development, certification, production and flight training of the suit are entrusted to Axiom Space.

When is the Artemis III mission?

An exact date cannot be given for the Artemis III mission. But NASA’s mission in 2025 plans to implement.