Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU): EVA Spacesuit Technology and Design #SuitUp

The xEMU suit will be the first suit worn on the moon's surface since NASA's Apollo program sent the last astronauts to the moon in 1972. The new space suits of NASA are called xEMU. As part of the Artemis program that aims to send humans back to the Moon, the US space agency must update its equipment for the mobility, safety or comfort of astronauts.. The space suits currently used on the International Space Station were designed some 40 years ago. xEMU, the space suit of the Artemis program. The space agency recently put out a request for information from commercial companies, asking for input on how to best transition the suit to a future contractor. NASA is on track to test a full version of the new lunar spacesuits on the International Space Station in 2023, an agency official told a conference this month. When the Space Shuttle entered service, it came with a new spacesuit: the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (hence EMU).

It remains the main operational spacesuit for NASA, despite its 30-year-old parts and even older design, and has allowed for many feats of human engineering.