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<\/a><\/figure>A NASA spacesuit glove designed for use during spacewalks on the International Space Station is prepared for thermal vacuum testing inside a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cryogenic Ice Testing, Acquisition Development, and Excavation Laboratory) at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Nov. 1, 2023.<\/p>\n
Part of a NASA spacesuit design called the Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the glove was tested at vacuum and minus 352 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 213 degrees Celsius) \u2014 temperatures as frigid as those Artemis III astronauts could experience on the Moon\u2019s South Pole. A team from NASA JPL, NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the NASA Engineering and Safety Center have collaborated on testing gloves and boots in CITADEL. Elbow joints are slated for testing next. In addition to spotting vulnerabilities with existing NASA suit designs, the experiments will help the agency prepare criteria for test methods for the next-generation lunar suit \u2014 being built by Axiom Space \u2014 which NASA astronauts will wear during the Artemis III mission.<\/p>\n
Read more about the testing needed for Artemis III.<\/a><\/p>\n Text credit: Melissa Pamer<\/em><\/p>\n Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> A NASA spacesuit glove designed for use during spacewalks on the International Space Station is prepared for thermal vacuum testing inside a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cryogenic Ice Testing, Acquisition Development, and Excavation Laboratory) at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Nov. 1, 2023. Part of a NASA spacesuit design called the Extravehicular [\u2026] Continue reading
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