Where we’re coming from
It’s been half a century since the Apollo missions, but NASA has once again set its sights on the Moon. Naturally, the space agency isn’t interested in dredging up the old Apollo Moon suit design, even if it was revolutionary. Looking ahead to the Artemis era, NASA wants an obvious improvement. Speaking yesterday at the reveal, Lara Kearney, manager of NASA’s extravehicular activity and human surface mobility program, stressed three fundamental elements for the new suit: thermal protection, improved mobility, and “stringent safety requirements.”
