STORY: This is what they could look like, the future moon travelers of Nasa. The US space agency presented the prototype of a space suit in Houston on Wednesday, which its astronauts and, for the first time, a female astronaut, are to wear on the Artemis III moon mission planned for 2025. The design differs somewhat from the outfits used on the ISS, says Russell Ralston of the company Axiom Space, which developed the suits. “This is a rear or dorsal entry. The hatch opens, you stick your feet and arms in and slip through. Then you close the hatch again.” The technical refinements include a light band in the helmet. “It allows the astronauts to see when they’re in shadowy areas of the moon, or when they’re passing the Earth at night in low orbit and need to use tools, for example. Also, we have an HD video camera here on the side, so those of we who are here on Spaceship Earth can follow spacewalks in high definition. I think that’s a fantastic improvement over today’s technology.” Additional joint elements should offer the astronauts more mobility than in the old suits from the Apollo missions. However, moon travelers should not get used to the chic night black. For thermal reasons, the suits will be mostly white, according to Nasa.