Make: Volume 86

T

he eras of human spaceflight are visually

defined by spacesuits. The bright white

Apollo suit on the lunar surface, the silver of

the Mercury pressure suits, and even the bright

orange “pumpkin suits” of the Space Shuttle era

created definitive looks for space exploration.

As we enter NASA’s Artemis era, a new

spacesuit will define humanity’s return to the

Moon. That suit is being created by Axiom Space

in Houston, Texas.

The Artemis III mission (nasa.gov/feature/

artemis-iii) will land the first humans on the

lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972, so Axiom

has more than 50 years of innovations and

technological advancement to draw from.

“These ...