The project is no longer active, but may assist with future lunar spacesuit development.
The upper torso was much softer than past spacesuit versions and the astronauts could get into the spacesuit using a"spaceport", a design that allows the astronaut to climb into the spacesuit back from a vehicle. The spacesuit remains docked outside the vehicle, lessening the need for storage and dust mitigation.
The Z-1 was never intended for space, but was tested in a vacuum chamber at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The team decided to make some key changes, however, after discovering the increased mobility forces a small torso size. Pressurization was also an issue, the agency said in 2012."Test runs with the suitport also gave NASA engineers important experience with donning a suit that is already pressurized, which turned out to be more difficult than expected, but was enhanced by the addition of donning aids."
By 2014, NASA had some key changes ready in a new prototype, known as Z-2.
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