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NASA Empowers Industry in Spacesuit Plan for Artemis, Space Station

Artemis moonwalkers exploring on the lunar South Pole will wear revolutionary spacesuits that stand up to the Moon’s harsh environment and keep them safe. NASA is embracing commercial partnerships to optimize spacesuit technology and inspire pioneering in the space market.

NASA published a draft request for proposal (RFP) July 27 to ready companies to compete for the agency’s future purchase of commercially built spacesuits and support services for spacewalks on the International Space Station, during Artemis lunar surface missions, and as needed on Gateway in lunar orbit.

Building on more than 55 years of lessons learned during spacewalks, Johnson Space Center will continue NASA’s in-house effort to develop and test the current exploration spacesuit design – known as the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU – in parallel with the commercial procurement. NASA will make data available from its design and development work for use by commercial companies. By uniting with commercial industry partners, the space economy will expand and propel forward, ultimately revolutionizing the human experience in space.

“This collaboration is one of many ways NASA is uniting with commercial and international partners to enable human exploration to the Moon and Mars,” said Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. “Building on our storied history of successful spacewalks in low-Earth orbit and previously on the Moon during Apollo, NASA is leaning on industry to bolster the market, foster innovation, and incorporate cutting-edge technologies that will keep astronauts safe beyond the security of their outposts — to truly kick up dust and explore.”

NASA will collaborate with one or more U.S. companies to design, build, demonstrate, certify, and deliver xEVA systems and services capable of meeting NASA’s technical, reliability, and availability needs. The commercial partner or partners will also train crewmembers on their systems and support system operations during
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NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA was started on October 1, 1958, as a part of the United States government.