As part of the Artemis program, NASA is exploring new ways to utilize augmented reality in spacesuit design including developing capabilities allowing greater human autonomy on the lunar surface. The NASA SUITS challenge tackles some of the toughest aspects of lunar exploration by improving information flow to and from the crew members.

NASA SUITS is a software design challenge for undergraduate and graduate students across the United States to develop information displays using head mounted augmented reality devices, which superimpose digital information over a real environment to assist astronauts conducting spacewalks during NASA’s Artemis missions, which will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.  Upon successful testing of software designs at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, each proposed user interface display has the potential to aid astronauts in lunar exploration for the Artemis program.