NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV

The Moon suit reveal will take place at Space Center Houston in Texas and feature several officials from NASA and Axiom, including NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini, and Axiom astronauts Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner. The event, in addition to the suit reveal, will include a demonstration of the prototype, followed by a question-and-answer session for the media and students. You can watch the event live at NASA TV, YouTube, or at the livestream provided above.

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The Moon suit is one of several key technologies required to make Artemis 3 possible, a notable one being SpaceX’s Starship rocket, which will both launch and serve as the lunar lander. That the Moon suit will be ready in time for Artemis 3 is no guarantee; NASA’s Office of Inspector General has already warned of potential delays with the suit, known as the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Units (xEMU).

NASA and Axiom officials will likely be pressed on this matter, so we’ll be watching for that. In addition, we’ll be looking to see how true Axiom’s suit will be to the designs previously sketched out by NASA, as the next generation suit promises to be safe, flexible, comfortable, and capable of withstanding the extreme temperature variations expected at the lunar south pole.

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