I Tested NASA's New Space Suit (Ft. Axiom Space)

This will be the next space suit on the moon. What can it do?
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Only 12 people have ever walked on the moon and they all did it within just 4 years of each other. Then, for the last 50 years, no one has gone back… but that’s about to change.

Soon, astronauts will return to the moon to prepare for people to live there long-term and to get us ready to send the first humans to Mars. But to do it, they need to survive outside in space and work for hours in one of the most dangerous conditions a human will ever face. The problem is, our spacesuits for the Moon haven’t been updated in decades! But now, to make this next chapter in space possible, space suits are getting a major upgrade.

These new suits will give astronauts the superpower to do more, for longer… and I’m one of the first civilians to put one on.

In this video, we’re taking you behind the scenes to show how Axiom Space is designing, building, and testing NASA’s new space suits. I am going to put myself and this suit to the test, to give you a sneak peak into what it looks like, what it feels like, and how it could change what humanity can do in space...

Chapters:
0:00 Why NASA needs new spacesuits
01:28 NASA’s Artemis mission, explained
03:02 This is NASA’s new spacesuit
03:45 How you would die in space
05:46 Not all spacesuits are the same
07:04 Why spacesuits are so expensive
07:51 The new era of spaceflight
09:07 How astronauts use the bathroom
09:55 How astronauts scratch their face
10:48 How to put on a spacesuit
12:31 How a spacesuit protects you
13:36 How astronauts practice walking in space
14:33 What a pressurized spacesuit feels like
15:55 Why is NASA’s new spacesuit black and orange?
16:42 Why spacesuits are mostly handmade
18:02 How NASA’s new spacesuits fit more people
19:16 How much does NASA’s new spacesuit weigh?
19:45 Challenge 1: Collect a sample
21:07 Challenge 2: RUN
22:45 Challenge 3: Squat
23:26 Challenge 4: Kneel
24:10 Why spacesuits are huge if true
25:50 They’re also building a space station??

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Bio:
Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, Huge If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.

Additional reading and watching:
- Tour of the Moon in 4K:    • Tour of the Moon in 4K  
- “Why Spacesuits Are So Expensive,” Business Insider:    • Why Spacesuits Are So Expensive | So ...  
- Who Has Walked on the Moon? NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/moon/moon-wa...
- The Next Generation Spacesuit, Axiom: https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-suit
- “How Astronauts Put on Space Suits,” Adam Savage’s Tested:    • How Astronauts Put on Space Suits  
- “The Original Sin of NASA Space Suits,” The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...
- “How 3 NASA Missions Could Send Astronauts Back to the Moon,” New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
- Artemis, NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/...
- “NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits,” CNBC:    • NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits — A...  
- Dude Perfect Goes to SPACE (this is awesome):    • Dude Perfect Goes to SPACE  
- “Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths,” WIRED:    • Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Spac...  

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Gear I use:
Camera: Sony A7SIII
Lens: Sony 16–35 mm F2.8 GM
Audio: Sennheiser SK AVX and Zoom H4N Pro

Music: Musicbed, Tom Fox

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