The extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits include a 3D-printed helmet with a new visor, a heads-up display, a built-in camera, and pressure valves.
Wes Anderson Just Directed a Short Film for Montblanc—and Designed a Limited-Edition Penon its website that the crew would be sporting a newly developed extravehicular activity spacesuit during the historic five-day trek, which is set to include the first commercial astronaut spacewalk.
“Building a base on the moon and a city on Mars will require millions of spacesuits,” the company wrote on its website. “The development of this suit and the execution of the spacewalk will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions as life becomes multiplanetary.”
In terms of the design, the EVA suit features improved mobility and a 3-D-printed helmet with a new visor to reduce glare. In addition, the helmet includes a heads-up display and built-in camera that gives the wearer information on the suit’s pressure levels, temperature, and humidity. Of course, to ensure the crew’s safety during extravehicular activities, the suit also has added seals and pressure valves.
Polaris Dawn is the first of the program’s three missions developed for human spaceflight. During the mission, the spacecraft will orbit Earth for up to five days, hoping to set the record for the highest Earth orbit ever flown. At the same time, the crew will conduct its own research on the effects of spaceflight and space radiation on human health. They will also be the first to test a laser-based communication system for SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
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