NASA to unveil new-age spacesuits that astronauts will wear on Mars and the moon. - NBCNewsMACH
at the last minute because it didn’t have enough suits of the right size.
That first-of-its-kind spacewalk will now take place Oct. 21 as part of an ongoing"spacewalk bonanza" that continues through December. It will be conducted by astronautsNASA declined to give details on the new suits in advance of the event. But Pablo de Leon, a spacesuit expert at the University of North Dakota, told NBC News MACH in an email that one feature of the xEMU will be a new system for putting the suit on and taking it off.
“The last suits used on the moon … used a zipper to don and doff,” he said. “This is not the case anymore, since dust gets around the zipper’s teeth and will be prone to failure. Donning and doffing for the xEMU will be by a large opening in the back, with a sealed door.” Spacesuits are currently in short supply. De Leon said, “The astronauts on board the station only have four sets, and that’s pretty much it."
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