📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

The #spacesuits on #Artemis II should be able to sustain astronauts for up to six days. Once Artemis II is on its way to the #Moon 🌙, the mission’s trajectory is designed to bring it back to Earth even if Orion hits a snag.

Artemis I : During Orion’s return through Earth’s atmosphere, material from the capsule’s heatshield had broken off in chunks. There was a similarly problematic heatshield already installed on the crew capsule for Artemis II https://www.planetary.org/articles/whats-keeping-the-artemis-astronauts-safe

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity

10:05 p.m. ET (4:05 am CEST)
The #Artemis II crew reported a problem with their toilet 🚽, a blinking fault light

11:35 p.m. ET (5:35 am CEST)
The proximity operations have concluded. The Orion capsule will move away from the upper stage

11:41 p.m. ET (5:41 am CEST)
Before going to sleep 💤, the astronauts have a few more tasks including putting away the #SpaceSuits and troubleshooting the problem with the toilet 🪠

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/science/moon-nasa-artemis-launch