YouTube video by CBS Colorado Colorado high school senior working to upgrade spacesuit designs

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New Vista senior designs space helmets through NASA-sponsored program Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at Boulder’s New Vista High School, had the opportunity to experience what it might be like to live on Mars through a NASA-sponsored program called Spaceward Bound.

Here it is that is viewable www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2025/04/19/n...

Haha, I can’t read it either!

New Vista senior designs space helmets through NASA-sponsored program Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at Boulder’s New Vista High School, had the opportunity to experience what it might be like to live on Mars through a NASA-sponsored program called Spaceward Bound.

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I looked them up, I see how they could be an interesting reference for future designs.

The fogging is mostly mitigated by the way air flows through the helmets (in through the top, down across the face plate, into the mask chamber through one way valves, and then back out) something that the bubble helmets at MDRS don’t have.

Hi! I haven’t actually seen those but I’m curious to look into them. My main inspiration came from the fact that the bubble helmets at the station fog up a lot and I wanted something that would prevent that. I used a snorkeling mask as my first design and customized it from there.

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EVA photos from the past few days!

YouTube video by The Mars Trek Project What’s an analog astronaut?

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YouTube video by The Mars Trek Project Welcome to the Mars Desert Research Station!

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More testing from yesterday!

Doing so more testing with a friend today!

One week until the second mission! Spring break is going to be spent on some last minute modifications and testing!

First mission was completed successfully! Very little data was gathers but the helmets do work at least as well as the older model!

The two final prototypes are printed! These will be heading to the Mars Desert Research Station this weekend to be tested next week by crew 301!

Keep your eyes open for more pictures and updates in the next few weeks!

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