The pressure garment for a new generation of NASA spacesuits in development by Collins Aerospace is tested aboard a Zero Gravity Corp. aircraft to simulate the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and future commercially operated space stations.
Credit: Collins Aerospace
Much like the Space Launch System, Human Landing System and Orion crew capsule, a new generation of Extravehicular Mobility Units—or spacesuits—is critical to efforts by NASA to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon with the Artemis program while supporting the final years of...
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