Extravehicular Mobility Unit

Photo: Axiom SpaceThe most noticeable thing about the Moon suit shown yesterday was its dark gray color highlighted by streaks of orange and blue. The suit that astronauts will wear during space missions won’t have this fabric colorand…

Dubbed AxEMU, the next generation suit is designed to be safe, flexible, and capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures experienced at the lunar south pole, where two NASA astronauts are expected to land later this decade.The first…

It’s been over 50 years since the final Apollo mission, but NASA’s ambitious Artemis program seeks to return humans to the lunar surface after that long absence. For that to happen, however, the space agency needs an updated Moon suit,…

Conceptual images of the Artemis 3 moonwalk. Could this be what the new Moon suits look like? We’ll find out next week. Image: NASAIt’s been more than 50 years since astronauts first left their dusty footprints on the lunar surface, but…

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio during a spacewalk outside the ISS on November 15.Photo: NASAAstronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are overdue for some new threads, but NASA is hoping to upgrade its spacesuits soon. The…

NASA Space Shuttle astronauts wearing their iconic orange suits while preparing for the STS-124 mission in 2008.Photo: NASAWe present to you eight distinctive spacesuits, ranked from our least to most favorite. As of April 7, 2022, a…