NASA has revealed details of a new spacesuit for the Artemis lunar missions, but the version worn on the moon will be white rather than the black one shown here
“We have not had a new suit since the suits that we designed for the Space Shuttle, and those suits are currently in use on the space station — so for 40 years we’ve been using the same suit based on that technology,” saidThe new suit, which was built by the private company
for NASA, is designed to withstand the harsh environment of the lunar south pole, where temperatures average around −13°C , but can dip hundreds of degrees lower in craters that are in permanent shadow.It will also have improved mobility over previous suits, weighing in at 55 kilograms, around 25 kilograms lighter than the spacesuits worn by the Apollo astronauts, and with more custom joints for a greater range of motion.
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