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Spacesuit Prototype for Mars on A Test Walk in Antarctica – Firstpost

A bunch of NASA researchers recently tested their spacesuit design prototype in freezing Antarctica. The spacesuit design NDX-1 is NASA’s gear for its probable trip to Mars, a cold rock planet. On a test drive The temperatures on the surface of Mars is -200 F, whereas the day temperatures can range anywhere from 80 F. Under constant research and development at the University of North Dakota, the space suit prototype was tested in Antarctica under freezing conditions. The researchers, by this move, intended to expose the spacesuit prototype to Mars like freezing, isolated conditions.

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