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Topic: [Discuss] NASA xEVAS spacesuit contracts
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-02-2022 12:30 PM
   
Please use this topic to discuss NASA's Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contracts awarded to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace for the next generation of U.S. spacesuits. |
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From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 06-02-2022 12:31 PM
Did representatives from these two companies mention if they had interviewed or consulted with any of the living Apollo moonwalkers?I am curious to know if they sought any first-hand knowledge/experience. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-02-2022 01:22 PM
Dan Burbank, speaking for Collins Aerospace, highlighted the company's Apollo legacy (its Hamilton Sundstrand division was previously Hamilton Standard, which with ILC, designed and built the Apollo A7L spacesuit), and he mentioned how astronauts were involved in the design of its xEVAS spacesuit, but no specific mention was made of Apollo-era crew members.Both Collins and Axiom Space will have access to NASA's EVA Technical Library, which includes Apollo Experience Reports. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-08-2023 07:03 PM
NASA release NASA, Axiom Space to Reveal Artemis Moon Mission SpacesuitA spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency's Artemis III mission, is set for reveal during a televised event hosted by Axiom Space beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) Wednesday, March 15, from Space Center Houston in Texas. The event will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website. NASA selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole. Planned during the reveal activities are remarks from NASA and Axiom Space experts, a suit demonstration, as well as question-and-answer sessions with media and students. Participants will include: - Bob Cabana, associate administrator, NASA
- Vanessa Wyche, center director, NASA Johnson Space Center
- Lara Kearney, manager, Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program, NASA Johnson
- Kate Rubins, NASA astronaut
- Michael Suffredini, president and CEO, Axiom Space
- Mark Greeley, program manager for Extravehicular Activity, Axiom Space
- Russell Ralston, deputy program manager for Extravehicular Activity, Axiom Space
- Peggy Whitson, Axiom-2 commander, Axiom Space
- John Shoffner, Axiom-2 pilot, Axiom Space
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