The SpaceX Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit → #Maythe4thBeWithYou spacex.com/updates
At ~700 km above Earth, the EVA suit will support the @PolarisProgram’s Polaris Dawn crew in the vacuum of space during the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk
@PolarisProgram Evolved from the Intravehicular Activity (IVA) suit, the EVA suit provides greater mobility, a state-of-the-art helmet Heads-Up Display (HUD) and camera, new thermal management textiles, and materials borrowed from Falcon’s interstage and Dragon’s trunk
@PolarisProgram Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require millions of spacesuits. The development of this suit and the execution of the spacewalk will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions as life becomes multiplanetary
@PolarisProgram Tune in today ~3:00 p.m. ET to hear the crew discuss the mission on Spaces 
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