Why the Artemis II spacesuits are orange

Source: New York Post

The Artemis II spacesuits are colored bright orange as a basic safety measure intended to make the astronauts highly visible if they need to be rescued in an emergency — a scenario that has arisen before. The bright color is known as “international orange,” and has been worn by astronauts during all space launches and re-entries since the shuttle flew in 1981. 6 The Artemis II crew, specialist Jeremy Hansen, pilot Victor Glover, specialist Christina Koch and cmdr.