NASA to unveil new spacesuits for future missions

Tuesday is the day that NASA plans to unveil the new gear that its future astronauts will wear as they get ready to touch down on the moon as well as other places, including Mars.

As part of the agency's Artemis program, they hope to send crews to the Moon by 2024 with the new suits. Two spacesuits will be showcased from NASA's headquarters in Washington- one for launch and re-entry onboard the Orion spacecraft, and the other for exploring the Moon's South Pole.

These Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU suits improve on the current and Apollo era ones, which reportedly will cover a variety of astronaut sizes, as well as be more comfy and mobile for the surface of the moon.

The event will take place at 2 pm EDT, which can be seen live here: