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In one of the strangest partnerships we’ve come across, Axiom Space and Prada (yes, that Prada) have teamed up to produce the space suits NASA astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon as part of the space agency’s Artemis program.Continue Read… Continue reading NASA’s Moon suit gets runway treatment in Prada partnership
China is planning to put people on the Moon around 2030 and is showing off the new space suits they’ll be wearing. At a media event, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) had two astronauts put the suits through their paces for the cameras.Continue Read… Continue reading The space suit Chinese astronauts will wear on the Moon
The world’s first private spacewalk has been completed. On September 12, 2024 at 7:58 am EDT, two of the four-person crew of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Resilience returned after a 106-minute tethered EVA 732 km (455 miles) above the Earth.Continue Re… Continue reading Watch: World’s first private spacewalk
In the not-too-distant future, astronauts could be drinking water harvested from their own urine, courtesy of a Dune-inspired system integrated into their spacesuit. If nothing else, it should certainly beat just peeing into a diaper.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Astronauts may soon be drinking their own “pee water” via real-world stillsuits
Just a dozen humans in all of history have had the incredible experience of walking on the Moon. The best of the best. Our bravest and most competent. Earth’s ambassadors. Twelve men of incredible physical fitness and intellectual prowess.Continue Read… Continue reading NASA wants to end lunar faceplants by giving astronauts extra robot limbs
Bridging fashion and functionality, SpaceX has revealed what its astronauts will be wearing on the first-ever private spacewalk in 2024. In a new video, the company details the futuristic features of the suit that will be space-tested on the Polaris Da… Continue reading Video: Sleek SpaceX suit to make its runway debut on Polaris Dawn mission
Bridging fashion and functionality, SpaceX has revealed what its astronauts will be wearing on the first-ever private spacewalk in 2024. In a new video, the company details the futuristic features of the suit that will be space-tested on the Polaris Da… Continue reading Video: Sleek SpaceX suit to make its runway debut on Polaris Dawn mission
NASA’s next Moon landing may have been put back a year, but that hasn’t stopped Axiom from showing off the practical version of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Better known as a space suit, it will protect next-gen Moonwalkers.Continue … Continue reading Axiom’s next-gen Moon suit subjected to bend and squat tests
2023 turned out to be a busy year in space and the general vicinity. New Atlas looks back at everything from rocket launches and cosmic tsunamis to asteroid samples and the latest astronaut fashions.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: best-of… Continue reading The Year in Space 2023
On the cosmic fashion front, Axiom Space is teaming up with the Italian luxury apparel house Prada to create the high-tech spacesuits that NASA astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis program.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Axiom Space teams with high-fashion Prada to create new NASA spacesuit