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NASA moon mission: See the new spacesuit prototype for Artemis III - USA TODAY

When humans return to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, they'll do so wearing updated spacesuits with greater flexibility and range of motion, expanded research functionality and better protection from the harsh lunar landscape. 

The suits, built by Houston-based Axiom Space, will support the Artemis lunar missions beginning with Artemis III, set for launch in 2025. Artemis III will put humans on the moon's south pole for the first time.

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Axiom, which won a $228.5 million task order from NASA to produce the suits last year, unveiled the prototype March 15 at Space Center Houston

While the prototype suit shown at the press event had a striking, dark appearance with blue and orange trim to hide proprietary elements, the final version of the Artemis suits will revert to the standard all-white look worn on earlier NASA missions. Suits are white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures on the lunar surface in direct sunlight.

Here's how the Axiom suit looks compared with its more familiar predecessor, the Apollo/Skylab Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU:

With an adjustable modular design for pieces attached to the hard upper torso, the suit is designed to accommodate a range of body types and sizes.

SOURCES: Axiom Space, Smithsonian Institution

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