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Artemis III Integrated Test Achieves Major Milestone
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2024

Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson and NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock conducted integrated testing in Axiom Space's new spacesuit for NASA's Artemis campaign, aimed at returning astronauts to the Moon by September 2026. This test was the first to involve Artemis III partners - NASA, SpaceX, and Axiom Space - in a pressurized simulation since the Apollo era.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX, the developer of Starship, the Human Landing System for Artemis III, performed a coordinated test with development hardware for SpaceX's Starship in Hawthorne, California.

This test marked a significant step in gathering data on the interaction between the spacesuit, the lander, and astronauts during the Artemis III mission.

"Astronaut feedback is crucially important, helping to inform the engineering teams on any iterative changes needed," said Russell Ralston, Vice President of Extravehicular Activity (EVA), Axiom Space.

"After this test, we're able to further refine and develop innovative solutions to inform our single architecture design."

In less than two years, Axiom Space has progressed significantly in suit design and testing. The suit design has passed the preliminary design review with NASA and will enter the critical design review phase later this year.

"We've conducted many tests with different people, including engineers and astronauts to ensure the suit's advanced capabilities will enable a wide range of crewmembers to conduct extensive science research during the Artemis III mission to the lunar south pole," said Ralston.

Testing of the spacesuit continues. Recently, Axiom Space completed a trial at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) with a weighted spacesuit to simulate the lunar environment accurately, where gravitational forces are 1/6th of Earth's.

Stay tuned to see which Axiom Space astronaut will wear the suit when the AxEMU takes its first run in the NBL with an astronaut inside.

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