NASA’s Next Gen Spacesuit For Moon Missions Is As Futuristic As You’d Expect

NASA's Artemis III mission will put humans back on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, thanks in part to the advanced spacesuits the astronauts will wear as they step back onto the lunar surface. Axiom Space revealed the new spacesuits for the first time earlier this week.

The new spacesuit, called the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) was unveiled at Space Center Houston's Moon 2 Mars Festival as a prototype. AxEMU, shown in a dark grey color, will likely have a final version with a few updates that is all-white. The change in color to white is to reflect heat and help protect astronauts from the extreme temperatures of space.

"Our expert team is ready to provide NASA the next-generation spacesuit. We carefully considered years of lessons learned by NASA and used that experience to build a spacesuit for the Moon ...