Advancing lunar exploration extravehicular spacesuits: Opportunities and challenges of intelligent fabrics
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As human lunar exploration progresses towards long-term lunar surface operations, the existing extravehicular spacesuits are facing significant technological bottlenecks in terms of sustainability, adaptability, and intelligence. In response to the requirements of long-term lunar missions, this study proposes a new-generation extravehicular spacesuit technology framework. Based on the integration of intelligent textile and flexible electronics technologies, it achieves the integration of high-precision physiological monitoring, multi-modal environmental perception, and adaptive human-machine interaction systems, significantly enhancing the suit's adaptability to working conditions and operational sustainability. The relevant technological breakthroughs will drive the innovation of deep-space exploration equipment, significantly improve the operational efficiency of astronauts, and lay a key technological foundation for manned lunar missions.
Source: Space habitation.
Authors: Ziyi Su, Senyuan Ye, Pan Li, Keshuai Liu, Hua Zhong, Duo Xu, Weilin Xu
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
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OpenAlex ID: W4415200800