New Nasa Space Suits

Flight tests with astronauts aboard are slated to begin in 2018.
New nasa space suits. Fernandez nasa suits are also made to travel free of the dangle and drag of all the support apparatus of previous in house nasa designs with the power and life support systems relying on a. They re intended to bring modern materials and technology to a. Elon musk s spacex suit is like a tuxedo for the starship enterprise it also may herald the return of wearable tech. Nasa s new moon bound space suits will get a boost from ai engineers are turning to generative design algorithms to build components for nasa s next generation space suit the first major update in.
Nasa joel kowsky last updated. The new spacesuits will offer improvements over existing models. The spacesuits were designed by spacex in collaboration with nasa and the astronauts going up today bob behnken and doug hurley. The spacesuits astronauts wear for walking in space are already aboard the station.
Nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken don spacex spacesuits in the astronaut crew quarters at kennedy space center in florida on jan. Crew dragon is one of two new spacecraft along with boeing s starliner that nasa has selected for its commercial crew program the aim is to return human spaceflight launches to american soil for. Bob behnken a nasa astronaut in his spacesuit at spacex headquarters in. Washington at nasa headquarters on tuesday officials introduced two prototype spacesuits to be used during upcoming moon missions.
The orion suit is designed for a custom fit and incorporates safety technology and mobility features that will help protect astronauts on launch day in emergency situations high risk parts of missions near the moon and during the high speed return to earth.