Despite previous concerns about its development schedule, Axiom Space’s extravehicular mobility unit (AxEMU)—the planned replacement for NASA’s decades-old spacesuits—appears to be on track.
Axiom on Tuesday revealed that it conducted initial crew tests of AxEMU in June, putting it in the pool at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The evaluations represent a key milestone for the suit, which NASA astronauts will don as they explore the lunar south pole during the Artemis III mission, scheduled for mid-2027.
