Advanced Textiles Expo 2025

Nasa’s Development of Next-Generation Lunar Space Suit Fabrics (Room Indiana Convention Center, Room 139)

04 Nov 25
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM

Tracks: Emerging Technologies Conference

Speaker(s): Robert Jones, Pressure Garment Engineer, Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center

Learn about NASA’s development of next-generation Lunar space suit fabrics focusing on optical properties and lunar dust resistance. This session will educate the industry on space suit technology, explain technological challenges associated with space suit textile development and identify material characteristics that are most important when designing suit materials.