{"id":261525,"date":"2026-01-31T21:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/261525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:11:23","slug":"artemis-2-moon-suits-ready-to-make-history-photo-of-the-day-for-jan-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/261525\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis 2 moon suits ready to make history photo of the day for Jan. 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA’s Artemis program<\/a> is working to achieve something the U.S. hasn’t done in more than 50 years: send humans back to the moon<\/a> (and establish facilities needed for sustainable living on the lunar surface, which has never been done).<\/p>\n

To get there, though, many steps have to be taken, from the big ones, like making sure the Space Launch System <\/a>(SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule<\/a> integrate perfectly, to the small ones, like ensuring each astronaut’s suit fits comfortably.<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/p>\n

The spacesuits designed for the Artemis 2 mission<\/a> are purposeful, with the high-visibility orange helping make them stand out.<\/p>\n

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Unlike suits intended for walking on the lunar surface, these suits are built for phases when the crew is inside Orion: launch, ascent, in-space contingencies and the demanding return through Earth’s atmosphere<\/a>. This is because, while Artemis 2 is the first crewed mission to return to the area around the moon, the mission won’t actually land on the lunar surface itself. Instead, the four astronauts will take a 10-day journey around the moon to help calibrate systems for future missions like Artemis 3<\/a> and Artemis 4<\/a>, which will actually land on the moon.<\/p>\n

The suits for Artemis 2, therefore, are engineered to protect the astronauts inside the Orion spacecraft, in case cabin pressure is lost or the life-support features integrated into the suit are needed.<\/p>\n

Where is it?<\/p>\n

The four suits were located in the the suit-up room of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center<\/a> in Florida. The photo was taken on Jan. 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The four astronauts to wear the Artemis 2 suits are Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency). (Image credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky)Why is it amazing?<\/p>\n

The suiting procedure<\/a> is a key step toward a successful crewed mission. In the suit-up room, technicians help each astronaut step into the suit in a controlled sequence, checking fit and mobility, routing and securing gloves, helmets and seals, and confirming every connection point is properly locked and leak-tight.<\/p>\n

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Communications are tested so the crew can talk clearly with each other and mission control,<\/a> and the suit interfaces with Orion are verified so oxygen, cooling and other safety functions will work as intended.<\/p>\n

Similar to the tests and fits on the Artemis 2 rocket system, the suit-up process allows the crew and NASA to find any small issues that could become serious later on and fix them accordingly. With a historic moon mission on the line, every detail is key to focus on and ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more?<\/p>\n

You can learn more about Artemis 2<\/a> and missions to the moon.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA’s Artemis program is working to achieve something the U.S. hasn’t done in more than 50 years: send…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-261525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}