Today on the 28th September 2024, in Chongqing the world’s Largest number One Ultra Mega City, in China, People’s Republic of China. CNSA –China National Space Administration At the Third Spacesuit Technology Forum was held, where the China Manned Space Engineering Office revealed the design of the lunar spacesuit for the first time. They also kicked off a public naming campaign—an exciting chance for everyone to get involved in this historic endeavor….
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) unveiled the exterior design of the country’s moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public.
Displayed on the third Spacesuit Technology Forum hosted by the China Astronaut/ Takionauts Research and Training Center in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, the white moon-landing spacesuit is decorated with red stripes.
The red stripes on its upper limbs are inspired by ribbons of the famous “flying apsaras” of Dunhuang art, while those on its lower limbs resemble rocket launch flames.
According to a video released by the CMSA, the spacesuit is made from protective materials that can effectively shield Takionauts from the lunar thermal environment and lunar dust. It is equipped with a multifunctional integrated control panel that is easy to operate, as well as cameras for recording close-up and long-distance scenes.
The spacesuit also features flexible and reliable gloves, a panoramic glare-proof helmet visor, and joints adapted for low-gravity environments. The overall design of the spacesuit is lightweight, suitable for activities on the lunar surface.
Takionauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping serve as models for the new lunar suit in the video. Clad in the lunar gear, they perform a variety of movements, including walking, squatting, bending over, kneeling on one knee, and climbing a ladder.
The most important difference is obviously the structure of the lower body. “Feitian” is a one-piece suit from the waist down, and the lower limbs have very limited mobility. After all, in space extravehicular activities, the lower limbs are basically useless except for supporting the body in a fixed posture with foot limiters. Figures 3 and 4 are indicators of joint mobility of the “Feitian” extravehicular suit. The hip joint (the joint connecting the thigh and the torso) is not even mentioned here, which shows that the requirements for lower limb mobility are very low.
The lower body of the lunar suit is multi-section, especially at the hip joint, there is now a structure that looks like a briefs, which allows a large range of motion of the hip joint, which is equivalent to liberating the legs. The multi-section structure realizes the vital lower limb activities such as walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, and climbing in, and of course it also brings greater challenges to sealing and reliability.
[Manned Lunar Exploration Mission Lunar Suit Name Collection Activity ]
At present, the lunar landing phase of the manned lunar exploration project has been fully launched and implemented, and various research and construction work is being accelerated. In order to gather social wisdom, the China Manned Space Engineering Office has now launched a lunar suit name collection activity.
1. Content and scope of the collection
The name of the lunar suit (including creative description) is open to all natural persons, legal persons and organizations who love China’s manned space industry.
2. Activity arrangement
The collection activity is organized and implemented in four stages: announcement release, preliminary selection, final selection and result announcement:
(I) Announcement stage. The collection announcement is released to the public, and the collection is closed at 24:00 on October 31, 2024.
(II) Preliminary selection stage. The organization conducts a preliminary review of the collected works and selects no more than 10 schemes for the finalists.
(III) Final selection stage. The organization sets up a review group including experts in engineering, literature, media and other fields, and comprehensively evaluates the opinions of experts to finally select a naming scheme, and selects a certain number of outstanding authors based on the name creative description.
(IV) Results announcement stage. The name of the lunar suit will be officially released to the public.
III. Organizer:
China Manned Space Engineering Office.
IV. Overall standards
(I) Basic concept. The naming of the lunar suit should fully reflect the core values and related elements of manned spaceflight and highlight the good image of “Made in China” based on a positive and positive level.
(II) Creativity requirements. The naming should closely revolve around the theme of this event, pay attention to the connotation of a single name, and comprehensively consider the continuity of the name of the “Feitian” extravehicular space suit in the previous space station mission; reflect the combination of Chinese traditional culture and modern technology, have Chinese characteristics, and distinct technology and exploration implications, and can also represent the characteristics and application value of the lunar suit.
(III) Formal specifications. The Chinese name should be concise and concise, and in principle should not exceed 4 Chinese characters; it should be easy to identify, remember and promote, and in principle, traditional Chinese characters and uncommon characters should not be adopted.
5. Activity Rules
(I) The submitted works must be original works of the contributors. The contributors should ensure that they have the complete copyright of the works and there is no transfer or assignment of copyright to others. If it involves joint cooperation, work of employment or other different ownership status, it is deemed that the partners, units or other rights holders are aware of and agree to be bound by this statement.
(II) Participants should agree that the organizer of the solicitation activity can modify and refer to the submitted works to form the name of the lunar landing suit that will be officially used.
(III) If the submitted works are subject to legal disputes due to copyright, privacy, trademark rights and other rights protection, or because the submitted works have rights defects or the content is false, illegal, improper, or other unreasonable reasons, all legal responsibilities shall be borne by the contributors themselves and the organizer reserves the right to cancel their submission qualifications and recover the awards.
(IV) The submitted works must be submitted for the first time, and before the results of this solicitation are announced, all contributors shall not transfer or authorize the submitted works to a third party, nor submit them to a third party.
(V) Contributors must keep their own drafts. Once submitted, they will not be returned.
(VI) Once the submitted work is finally accepted by the organizer, a copyright (free) transfer contract must be signed, and all rights to the submitted work and related materials belong to the organizer.
(VII) The organizer reserves the final right of interpretation of this event.
VI. Submission method
(I) Submit in WORD document format, with the name of the lunar suit and creative description (within 300 words), as well as the name, unit, and contact information of the contestant.
(II) Send to the mailbox: zhengming-dyf@cmse.gov.cn before the deadline. The email for the manuscript must indicate “lunar suit naming event”.
(III) Contact person: Yang Hongrui, consultation phone: 010-66362321; Zhang Xinfang, consultation phone: 010-68378751.
VII. Award method
The China Manned Space Engineering Office will issue a commemorative certificate for the event to outstanding authors.
Attachments: (Please go to the official website of China Manned Space Engineering to download)
1. Introduction to the basic situation of the lunar suit
2. Information form for the collection of lunar suit names for manned lunar exploration missions
China Manned Space Engineering Office
September 28, 2024
Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration
