Future Artemis III astronauts will wear Prada during their spacewalks
20 Oct
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Future Artemis III astronauts will wear Prada during their spacewalks

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NASA Space Technology Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust.Space Style: Axiom and Prada have officially introduced a jointly developed spacesuit during the recent International Astronautical Congress held in Milan, Italy. The suit is almost ready for action, though it is still undergoing testing procedures and simulations in prohibitive conditions. American private space company Axiom and Italian luxury brand Prada announced a partnership to design a new spacesuit for the NASA Artemis program in 2023. The fruits of that labor are beginning to appear. The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) is almost complete, and the two companies have teased the quasi-definitive design a year before actual astronauts will get to wear it.While working on the prototype, Axiom staffers covered the AxEMU with a dark layer to protect the...
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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training
16 Sep
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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

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NASA Space Technology Credits: NASA/Trevor Graff/Robert MarkowitzBlack and gray sediment stretches as far as the eye can see. Boulders sit on top of ground devoid of vegetation. Humans appear almost miniature in scale against a swath of shadowy mountains. At first glance, it seems a perfect scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface … except the people are in hiking gear, not spacesuits.Iceland has served as a lunar stand-in for training NASA astronauts since the days of the Apollo missions, and this summer the Artemis II crew took its place in that long history. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, along with their backups, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons, joined geology experts for field training on the Nordic island.“Apollo astronauts...
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Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy
03 Aug
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Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy

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NASA Space Technology Monika LuabeyaAug 02, 2024Teams transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the Pegasus barge and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facilityin New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey...
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Artemis May be a Steppingstone to Mars, and other Missions to the Red Planet
23 Jul
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Artemis May be a Steppingstone to Mars, and other Missions to the Red Planet

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NASA Space Technology Named after the Roman God of War, the red planet has yielded countless insights about our extraterrestrial backyard. From hosting the tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, to massive underground ice deposits, Mars is full of surprises.And like any diligent explorer, NASA is set on uncovering more of them. Here’s the insider scoop on the latest findings from our nearest cosmic neighbor.NASA Space Technology The Curiosity RoverNASA's Curiosity rover, a seasoned Mars explorer, reached the Gediz Vallis channel in July 2024. This area resembles a large, winding riverbed from space, and is thought to have been potentially shaped by ancient waterways. For the next several months, Curiosity will roam the terrain, attempting to decipher whether debris flows or prehistoric rivers carved the structure.Operational since 2012, Curiosity has been on...
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