NASA needs to build gloves and shoes that can withstand the temperatures of the moon

The tasks of NASA coming to the moon are scheduled to be more related to the APOLLO program, and the agency works to know how to maintain its astronauts when visiting the shaded areas permanently in the southern pole.

A team of NASA engineers is preparing to test the elbow joints in a large cold room to assess the next generation fabric from the distances of the next generation designed to be worn by astronauts on the moon. The cooled ice test, the development of the acquisition, the drilling laboratory, or the castle was built for a short period, to test robot spare parts for unbeatable missions that are launched to places such as the ice satellites of the solar system. Citadel is now used to return to the long -awaited humanity to the moon.

“We want to understand what the risks enter into the astronauts in the shadow areas permanently, and gloves and shoes are the key because they communicate for a long time with surfaces and cold tools.” statement.

There are 4 feet (1.2 meters) and 5 feet (1.5 meters) the broad castle in NASA’s jet laboratory. While most of the cooled facilities use liquid nitrogen to cool an object, the castle uses compressed helium to reach low temperatures of -370 Fahrenheit (-223 ° C). The room takes several days to reach the required temperatures, and it can be opened to restart the entire process. To avoid the castle is equipped with four locks, it is similar to the drawers through which the test materials can be included while maintaining its refrigerated vacuum condition.

Citadel also contains a robotic arm to seize test materials, as well as visual and infrared light cameras to capture the entire test. As for simulating the tasks of the moon, the team will also add a corrosion test, moon -like materials to the room, and aluminum blocks to simulate the tools that astronauts may pick up.

In the past, NASA was using actual astronauts for thermal test, forcing them to insert their hands into a cooled glove, and seize a very cold body and stick to it until their skin temperatures decreased to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius). Space Agency now uses a custom manicin hand and give it a test inside the castle. Manicin ends are equipped with a system of fluid rings to imitate warm blood flow through the annexes, and dozens of temperature sensors and heat flow collecting data from inside gloves and shoes.

The ARTEMIS 3 mission in NASA was assigned to astronauts on the moon for the first time in Apollo days. While Apollo’s astronauts landed near the equator on the nearby side of the moon, the Erts Southern Pole crew will explore the moon. The southern pole of the moon is of great importance to scientists because it may carry water ice in the shadow areas permanently, but it represents a harsh environment due to intense temperatures and areas where sunlight does not reach. Artemis astronauts will spend about two hours at one time inside the drilling that may contain snowy, as temperatures can reach a chilling of the bodies -414 degrees Fahrenheit (-248 ° C), according to NASA.

The astronauts who return to the moon will write down New, front places fashion. In 2022, NASA assigned a intuitive space with the development of the first spacecraft allowances on the moon since Apollo’s duties. Then the company announced the Axemu, which is short for the Axiom Extravehicular mobility unit, which was built on the Apollo Spacesuits legacy with the merge of the new technology to allow space pioneers with more movement and better protection against the lunar environment. Axiom Space cooperated with Prada to take advantage of the brand experience in design and deaths, with an attempt to present aesthetic look at the astronauts on the moon.

NASA continuous tests will help standards for the next generation of Axemu spaces. Meanwhile, the gloves that are tested in the room are the sixth edition of NASA glove that began to use in the 1980s, and part of the external mobility unit worn by astronauts on the International Space Station to implement differences. Gloves have been performed so far in the castle, proving that they will not meet the thermal requirements of the southern lunar pole, according to NASA. Test results on shoes have not been fully analyzed yet.

“This test is looking to define the borders: How long can this glove or boot in this lunar environment be? We also want to define this unique gap to assess the device in the future,” said Shin McFarland, a pioneer of technology development for the advanced lawsuit of NASA Johnson, in a statement.

The ARTEMIS 3 mission of NASA is scheduled to be launched in 2027, when astronauts were sent on a trip through the areas that are not explored by the moon. We hope that astronauts can warm in the South Pole, the dark moon and the cold.