{"id":168697,"date":"2023-07-30T16:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T21:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/new-spacesuit-technology-helps-astronauts-keep-their-underwear-clean"},"modified":"2023-07-30T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T21:27:24","slug":"new-spacesuit-technology-helps-astronauts-keep-their-underwear-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/new-spacesuit-technology-helps-astronauts-keep-their-underwear-clean","title":{"rendered":"New spacesuit technology helps astronauts keep their underwear clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-spacesuit-technology-helps-astronauts-keep-their-underwear-clean2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the ongoing quest for human habitation on the Moon, the issue of cleanliness within spacesuits is a critical one. Future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/space-travel-takes-a-greater-toll-on-astronauts-brains-than-previously-thought\/\">astronauts<\/a> venturing to the lunar surface will be equipped with a new generation of spacesuits designed to endure the harsh lunar environment, thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/\">European Space Agency<\/a>\u2019s PExTex project.<\/p>\n<p>However, as these suits provide safety and comfort, they could also offer a conducive environment for harmful microbial growth. This issue is further exacerbated as astronauts may potentially share these suits.<\/p>\n<p>PExTex is addressing this issue by assessing suitable textiles for future spacesuit designs. Collaborating with the Austrian Space Forum, they have launched a project named BACTeRMA. This project is focusing on ways to prevent microbial growth within the inner linings of the suits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the ongoing quest for human habitation on the Moon, the issue of cleanliness within spacesuits is a critical one. Future astronauts venturing to the lunar surface will be equipped with a new generation of spacesuits designed to endure the harsh lunar environment, thanks to the European Space Agency\u2019s PExTex project. However, as these suits [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}