NASA unveils new astronaut suit designed specifically for lunar flights

The large puffy white suits worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues on their journey to the moon as part of the Apollo program half a century ago have become obsolete, as modern astronaut clothing needs body-shaped designs that suit both men and women.
NASA unveiled the first prototype of a newly designed spacesuit, specifically for the first mission of astronauts expected to ascend to the moon in the next few years.
The latest design of the lunar flight suit was displayed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston at an event for media and students hosted by Texas-based Axiom Space, which NASA asked to make astronaut suits for the Artemis program, the successor to the Apollo lunar mission.
The Artemis 1 mission, the first launch of NASA's powerful new rocket and Orion spacecraft, successfully ended in December on a test flight without a crew that orbited the moon and then returned.
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency plan to announce on April 2 the four astronauts selected for the Artemis 3 mission, which will launch soon, possibly next year, and will also be a mission to orbit the moon and then return to Earth.
If successful, that flight would pave the way for the Artemis <> mission, during which astronauts will land on the moon and will be the first-ever flight to its south pole, scheduled for launch later this decade. It will also be the first to send a woman to walk on the moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the new astronaut suits "will provide opportunities for more people to explore and conduct scientific studies on the moon than before."
The new suits that the astronauts of the Artemis mission will wear will look much different from the previous thick suits.
The new suits are modern, streamlined and more flexible than those worn by astronauts on the Apollo missions, and allow for more room for movement and vary in size.NASA unveils a new astronaut suit designed specifically for lunar flights.