Chief Originate Jim Stein wears the new spacesuit during the Axiom Space Artemis III Lunar Spacesuit event at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, on Demonstration 15, 2023. “Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from exceptional high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being used for display purposes only to conceal the suits proprietary sketch, ” Axion said in a press release.
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Axiom Space on Wednesday balled a prototype of the lunar spacesuit that NASA plans to use for its astronauts during Artemis missions, which are set to launch later this decade.
“This is a big see to for us” Axiom President and CEO Michael Suffredini said during an event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
“We’re walking on air that humanity’s next steps on the moon are going to be in an Axiom spacesuit,” Suffredini added.
The company won an initial get worth $228.5 million last year to design and build the spacesuits, which are planned for use on the Artemis III mission and progressive. NASA’s Artemis program represents a series of missions with escalating goals. The agency successfully completed the to begin, uncrewed flight in December.
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In summing-up to Axiom, NASA also awarded a contract to Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon, to build next-generation spacesuits. Directed the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program, NASA expects to provide up to $3.5 billion for spacesuits through 2034.
