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the appearance of china's moon landing suit has been publicly unveiled for the first time. photo by hualong.com reporter qin sisi

hualong.com (reporter qin sisi, correspondent zhan kang) on september 28, china’s “third spacesuit technology forum” was held in chongqing. at the opening ceremony, the china manned space engineering office launched a lunar landing suit naming campaign to the public and disclosed the appearance of the chinese lunar landing suit for the first time.

the main body of the lunar landing suit exudes a metallic luster full of technology. the red decorative bands on the upper and lower limbs enhance the visual sense of strength and slimming effect. the decorative belts on the upper limbs are designed in the shape of elegant and elegant "flying" streamers, and the decorative belts on the lower limbs are designed in the shape of rocket tail flames, echoing up and down, forming a soaring momentum. the clothing generally draws on the form of traditional armor, which is strong and resolute, showing the solemnity and extraordinary courage of the expedition, and conveying the chinese nation's pioneering and enterprising will and spirit of courage to move forward.

according to reports, since the launch of the development of the lunar landing suit in 2020, it has focused on comprehensive protection of complex environments and improvement of human suit capabilities. with the goals of lightweight, miniaturization, high safety and reliability, it has made breakthroughs in a number of key technologies and established an overall technical plan to provide the smooth implementation of my country's first manned lunar landing mission laid a solid foundation.

the appearance of the lunar landing suit was publicly unveiled for the first time, demonstrating the phased results of my country's manned lunar exploration mission, and also marking that my country's space suit technology has entered a new stage of development. spacesuits are necessary protective clothing during launch, return, and extravehicular activity missions, providing life support and operational support for astronauts. its development involves a wide range of disciplines and complex technologies. currently, only a few countries in the world have the ability to independently develop space suits. my country's manned space industry is booming, and the in-cabin spacesuit has escorted 35 astronauts in and out of space safely; the independently developed first- and second-generation "flying" extravehicular spacesuits have now supported 17 astronauts and 33 people successfully the execution of 17 extravehicular activities effectively guaranteed the construction and efficient operation of china's space station.

yang liwei launches the naming campaign for china’s moon landing suit. photo by hualong.com reporter qin sisi

it is reported that this forum has the theme of "innovation, cohesion, and integration". more than ten experts from the business community, universities, and scientific research institutes across the country focused on the overall design of the space suit system, protection and environmental control, life protection, electronic information and human life. they conducted in-depth exchanges on the enhancement of space suit capabilities and other aspects, shared the achievements made in the field of my country's space suit technology and the new needs, new challenges, and new technologies for the future development of space suits, and discussed the future development direction of space suits.

at the forum, the first interstellar exploration space suit creative design competition with the theme of "crossing the stars and chasing dreams in deep space" was officially launched. the competition focuses on the creative design of extravehicular space suits and in-cabin space suits for possible interstellar exploration missions in the future. participants for college students, in-service teachers, and domestic primary and secondary school students in domestic colleges and universities, on the basis of targeting future mission needs, the contestants are actively encouraged to inspire imagination and bold innovation, and provide important references for the research and development of my country's future space suits.

the forum was hosted by the china astronaut research and training center and hosted by the national key laboratory of human factors engineering, chongqing liangping district people's government, and sichuan academy of fine arts. more than 150 people attended the meeting, including leaders from the china manned space engineering office, representatives from government departments, experts in the field of space suit engineering, and representatives from universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises and institutions.