The next moonwalkers will be wearing clothes.
The Artemis 3 mission will attempt to land astronauts near the moon's south pole in the middle of the 20th century.
The first crewed landing on the moon since 1972 will be achieved by Artemis 3. NASA wants to set up a crewed outpost on Earth's nearest neighbor by the end of the 2020s.
In pictures, the evolution of the spacesuit.
The manager of NASA's Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility program said in a statement that NASA is proud to partner with commercial industry on this historic mission.
The way for missions to Mars will be paved by what we learn on Artemis 3 and future missions. We can literally take that next step with the help of suits.
In June of this year, NASA announced that it had selected Axiom and a team led by Collins to develop and build space suits for future missions to the moon and the International Space Station. Two private teams were given the right to compete for up to $3.5 billion through 2034.
The money will be given out through a series of tasks. The Artemis 3 award has a base value of $228.6 million.
NASA used more than 50 years of spacesuit expertise to define the technical and safety requirements for the next generation of space suits. The design, development, qualification, certification and production of its spacesuits and support equipment that will meet these key agency requirements for Artemis 3 will be responsibility of Axiom Space.
The authority for astronauts training, mission planning and approval will be maintained by NASA. Before Artemis 3, the suits will have to be tested in a space environment.
Subsequent Artemis missions will be covered in a future task order.
NASA has yet to launch any Artemis missions. The next attempt of Artemis 1 will send the agency's capsule on a trip to the moon.
There were technical issues that prevented NASA from launching Artemis 1 in August and September. The agency hasn't set a target date for the next attempt.
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