Collins Aerospace Cancels NASA Space Clothing

The spacesuit tested for the ISS (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA Suppliers of aerospace products Collins Aerospace, were selected as developers of NASA's spacesuits. After several years of his contract running, this commercial partnership was canceled. Collins said that they had withdrawn from the agreement. After discussing with NASA, the US space agency agreed to revoke Collins' contract. Thus, Collins and NASA's cooperation officially ended. "After a thorough evaluation, Collins Aerospace and NASA agreed to outline the order of the Exploration Extraordinary Activity Services (xEVAS) task. Collins remains committed to supporting NASA," Collins spokeswoman said, quoted from Spacenews. This is surprising news because VOI had made a report on the progress of Collins' spacesuit in February. At that time, the company had completed the prototype testing of the outfit. Although his contract had been canceled, Collins did not explain why his party was trying to stop the project. However, industry sources quoted from Spacenews believe that Collins was experiencing a cost overrun problem. With this problem, Collins may feel that they are unable to continue his project. Given that his contract is a fixed price, Collins decided not to develop spacesuit for NASA anymore.

In June 2022, NASA selected two companies for the xEVAS program, namely Collins and Axiom Space. Collins was asked to make clothes for use on the International Space Station (ISS), while Axiom made clothes for the Artemis mission. Axiom is still continuing its clothing-making project to date. Finally, the space company is testing how the spacesuits they make can be integrated with Starship aircraft and other components for the Artemis 3 mission.