Materials Developer Center Keldysh (part of Roskosmos) will develop a new spacesuit design from a self-healing material. It has been reported TASS with reference to Vladimir Koshlakov, the general director of the enterprise.
“Everything about the material is fine, it works, but the design needs to be completed. Now we have moved from a flat layered material to the development of a cellular material, so these are some cells filled with this material,” Koshlakov shared.
He added that the first version of the material was developed with the Zvezda Research and Production Company.
The general manager of the Keldysh center explained that gloves and elbow knuckles wear out the fastest in a spacesuit.
Before that, the European Space Agency (ESA) showed Results of the competition for the creation of spacesuit concepts for extravehicular activities. 90 works were submitted to the competition, experts selected five winners.
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