AXIOM SPACE REVEALS LUNAR SPACESUIT PROTOTYPE, Mar 15, 2023, Houston, TX, NASA TV begins 10:30 am ET

Axiom Space will reveal a prototype of the spacesuit it is developing for NASA astronauts to use when they return to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.  NASA selected Axiom to develop the lunar spacesuits last year.

The event will take place at Space Center Houston near Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX from 9:00-11:00 am Central Time (10:00 am -12:00 pm Eastern).

The first half hour is in-person media interviews. NASA will broadcast the event on NASA Television, the NASA app, and NASA Live beginning at 9:30 am Central Time (10:30 am Eastern).

Participants are as follows:

• Bob Cabana, associate administrator, NASA
• Vanessa Wyche, center director, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Lara Kearney, manager, Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program, NASA Johnson
• Kate Rubins, NASA astronaut
• Michael Suffredini, president and CEO, Axiom Space
• Mark Greeley, program manager for Extravehicular Activity, Axiom Space
• Russell Ralston, deputy program manager for Extravehicular Activity, Axiom Space
• Peggy Whitson, Axiom-2 commander, Axiom Space
• John Shoffner, Axiom-2 pilot, Axiom Space

The full event schedule is as follows:

• 9:00 a.m Central Time/10:00 am Eastern.: In-person media one-on-one interviews with NASA and Axiom Space officials
• 9:30 a.m Central Time/10:30 am Eastern: Remarks and suit demonstration on NASA TV
• 10:15 a.m Central Time/11:15 am Eastern: Student question-and-answer session
• 10:40 a.m Central Time/11:40 am Eastern: Media question-and-answer session
• 11:00 a.m/12:00 pm Eastern: Event concludes