The new suits were made with women in mind as the US space agency hopes to land the first female on the moon within the next five years. Chris Hansen, a manager at NASA's spacesuit design office, said: "This is the first suit we've designed in about 40 years. (Image: AFP via Getty Images)(Image: AFP via Getty Images)"We want systems that allow our astronauts to be scientists on the surface of the moon." The Trump administration in March directed NASA to land humans on the moon by 2024, accelerating a goal to colonize the moon as a staging ground for eventual missions to Mars. One suit of orange fabric will be worn by astronauts when inside the spacecraft.

Source: Daily Mirror October 16, 2019 02:03 UTC