NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits — A Behind-The-Scenes Look

NASA has been using the current spacesuits on the International Space Station for decades and they are showing their age. The agency has had issues not only with finding the proper sizes to fit its increasingly diverse astronaut corps, but also with degradation of some suit components. Now NASA is turning to two commercial companies: Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, to build and maintain its new generation of spacesuits. Under the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services Contract, or xEVAS, NASA is providing Collins and Axiom, along with a number of their industry partners, with up to $3.5 billion through 2034. CNBC got a behind-the-scenes look at the new suit that Collins Aerospace is designing in collaboration with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering. NASA hopes to use this new suit on the International Space Station by 2026. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------space suit,space,nasa space suit,new space suit,spacex space suit,axiom space,new spacesuits,space suits,axiom space suit,nasa new space suit,spacex,spacex space suit 2022,new nasa spacesuits,space news,spacex space suit design,spacex vs. nasa space suit,space travel,ilc space suit,next gen space suit,lunar space suit,space suit parts,who designed the spacex space suit?,space suit design,spacex suit,how spacex mastered the space suit