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AFRL Supports NASA Artemis Testing
Air Force Research Laboratory
Video by Bradley T Bowman
April 17, 2023 | 1:21
The Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA worked together in April 2023 with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the next replica of a seat and suit that will be used for the next mission to space in the Orion. A number of tests were run at the sled test facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The tests looked at how the human body reacts under quick acceleration, simulating what it would look like for a spacecraft to land in the water. Various scenarios were tested to make the seat and the suit safer for crewmembers in the Artemis mission. More