NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission: How to Dress for Space | Johnson Space Center
Before the crew launches on the Artemis II mission to the Moon, they will suit up in a bright orange spacesuit called the Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS). This spacesuit, worn inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft, helps protect the astronauts on launch day, in emergency situations, throughout high-risk parts of missions near the Moon, and during the high-speed return to Earth.
Managed by a team in the OCSS Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, each suit is tailored to the crew member’s anatomy and includes systems for air, food, water, and waste management. In the event of an emergency, the OCSS suits are engineered to sustain life for up to six days. During Artemis II, the astronauts will practice donning and doffing the suit in weightlessness, experience its pressurized environment, and confirm its performance for long-duration survival.
This is how the Artemis II crew will dress for space.
NASA’s Artemis II flight test will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), around the Moon and back to Earth with launch opportunities beginning in April 2026.
Writer: Erika Peters
Editor: Phil Sexton
Producers: Rad Sinyak, Erika Peters
Duration: 4 minutes, 20 seconds
Release Date: March 22, 2026
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