Elon Musk has revealed the first photo of the new SpaceX space suit in full growth
Businessman Elon Musk unveiled the first photo of the new suit his company SpaceX. In it the astronauts SpaceX will go in for her first manned flight.
The billionaire founder and General Manager of the company SpaceX Elon Musk has published in his Instagram photo of a space suit company. This time in full growth.
Pictured is the astronaut standing in a new suit on the background of the SpaceX spacecraft Crew Dragon, or Dragon V2. On this ship SpaceX plans to conduct its first manned flight, and subsequently to deliver crews to the ISS. So far, the company is launching a satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket. She delivers unmanned Dragon cargo to the space station.
Astronaut spacesuit next to Crew Dragon
The photograph shows the design of shoes and pants, which have a flexible zone in the region of the knees for enhanced mobility. Such zones apparently there and back for enhanced comfort while seated, concludes TechCrunch. According to the publication, the shoes of the astronaut on the photograph is too light and not designed for spacewalks.
The first photograph published of Mask, close-up showed the astronaut in the capsule. “[The suit] has already been tested by double vacuum pressure. It was incredibly difficult to balance aesthetics and functionality,” said Musk.
First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in the days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.
The suit was developed for the commercial program of NASA’s commercial cargo delivery.