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Headline: NASA Astronauts Set To Wear Oakley Visors When Returning To The Moon
Caption: NASA Astronauts Set To Wear Oakley Visors When Returning To The Moon. Astronauts heading to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis III mission will do so wearing Oakley visors - specially engineered for the extreme environment of space. The eyewear brand, best known for high-performance sports sunglasses, has partnered with Axiom Space to develop a sophisticated visor system for the next-generation spacesuit, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). “The next person to walk on the Moon will be wearing Oakley's next-gen High-Definition Optics (HDO), and that's a responsibility we don't take lightly,” shared Ryan Saylor, SVP of Advanced Product Development at Oakley. “We're proud to bring this legacy of optical performance and visual acuity to the Artemis III mission and define the future of space exploration.” Artemis III is set to be the first crewed lunar landing since 1972 and will explore regions of the Moon never before visited, including areas in permanent shadow. The specially designed AxEMU visor system will incorporate a range of technical features to cope with the Moon's extreme conditions, including, a dual-layer deployable visor that can be slid and stowed for adjustable protection, a gold-coated finish to reflect intense light and radiation, precision-tuned light transmittance for maximum visibility in bright or shadowed terrain, anti-scratch and anti-haze coatings to withstand lunar dust. The Artemis III mission, expected later this decade, will require astronauts to operate in the most visually challenging and unforgiving conditions ever encountered on the Moon.
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