Direct | NASA presents the suit that the first woman to walk on the Moon will wear

The US space agency (NASA) presents today the new suit that the first astronauts to set foot on the Moon in 50 years will wear, within the

mission , which will be launched in 2025. For the first time in history, they will be a woman and a non-white person.

Together with those responsible for the space agency, spokespersons for Axiom Space, the company that has developed the diving suits for 228 million dollars, participate in the event.

The south pole of the Moon is a strategic territory whose exploration is disputed by the great space powers, including the US and China.

It is likely that there are large amounts of frozen water here in the perpetual shadow areas where the sun never reaches.

The water will be essential to sustain future colonies, make fuel and test all the systems necessary to fulfill the next big dream for NASA and Europe: to take astronauts to Mars.

Last summer, the US space agency announced the 13 possible South Pole locations among which the final landing site will be in 2025. Each of those marked regions measures approximately 15 kilometers on each side, and within them, the landing site It is located with an accuracy of 100 meters.

All the points are about six degrees from the south pole, are elevated areas and therefore well lit, and are relatively close to shadowy craters where there may be abundant ice.

China is considering some of these places to send a robotic mission there.

The new suits will be true individual spacecraft, entered through a rear hatch, and include all the systems to keep explorers comfortable and safe from temperatures, radiation, and fine lunar regolith.

Powerful headlights will allow astronauts to see around them despite backlighting as they traverse the terrain and pick up up to 100kg of rocks.

This new generation of suits will allow for much more natural movement than its predecessors, including flexible-soled boots in the style of hiking shoes, NASA explains, meaning we won't see astronauts bouncing around in comical hops like half a century ago.

The same suit unveiled today with some modification will be used for spacewalking on the International Space Station, the future Lunar Gateway Station, and, in the more distant future, Mars exploration.

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