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NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits
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NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits

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NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits

By Overlook Horizon|2022-09-08T15:46:10-04:00September 7th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: Artemis, Artemis I, astronaut, astronaut training, Astronauts, axiom, breaking news, crew, extravehicular, extravehicular activity, landing, moon, nasa, outer space, space, space station, spaceflight, spacewalk|

Sep 7, 2022 RELEASE22-093 Artist’s Illustration: Two suited crew members work on the lunar surface. One in the foreground lifts a rock to examine it while the other photographs the collection site in the background. Credits: NASA NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will [...]

Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!
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Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!

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Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!

By Overlook Horizon|2020-11-03T08:04:09-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: almost, astronaut, astronaut float, astronaut training, challenger, did, ed white, eva, eva spacewalk, eva suit, everyday astronaut, extravehicular, extravehicular activity, float away, gemini, International Space Station, iss, Live, manned maneuvering unit, manned mobility unit, mmu, mobility, nasa, OLHZN, Overlook Horizon, scott manley, space, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger, space suit, spaceflight, spacewalk, SpaceX, sts 41 c, sts 41c, tethered, tim dodd, untethered, untethered eva, untethered spacewalk|

On NASA Space Shuttle flight STS-41C, NASA astronaut George Nelson, had a close call while wearing NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) which was a self contained rocket pack that astronauts could wear on their EVA suit backpacks to perform untethered EVA spacewalks. While trying to retrieve a broken satellite, the astronaut and Mission Control struggled [...]