The American and Canadian space agencies will announce in April who will be the four astronauts who can participate in the mission.
The US space agency presented a new-generation spacesuit designed specifically for landing on the moon (NASA) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA He launched a program called Artemiswhich aims to Send an astronaut to the moon again after 50 years.
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will announce in April who will be the four astronauts who can participate in the mission. If successful, during the subsequent Artemis-III mission, it is expected that at the end of 2025, astronauts will already land on the surface of the Moon. According to plans will also be a female astronaut among those who walked on the moon.
The Artemis-I mission was successfully completed last December, then the Orion spacecraft – still without a crew – circled the moon. THE The lunar mission planned for 2024 will already have astronauts on board. It was important for NASA, which was planning a new moon landing, to develop suitable spacesuits – women’s and men’s cut – specifically for this purpose.
Compared to its predecessor, the AxEMU space suit is more customized and flexible, easier to move in, and will be available in several sizes and styles.. The developer company Axiom Space revealed that it will be white because that color can best reflect the strong sunlight on the surface of the Moon, and white offers the strongest protection against extreme heat. Not only was the design renewed, but life support systems and compression suits were also incorporated into the new spacesuits.
