Editing Space suit (section)

===Aouda.X===
[[File:Aouda.X space suit simulator.jpg|thumb|upright|Aouda.X]]
Since 2009, the [[Austrian Space Forum]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oewf.org/cms/polares_suit.phtml |title=Spacesuit-simulator 'Aouda.X' |work=PolAres |publisher=[[Austrian Space Forum]] |access-date=June 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529104536/http://www.oewf.org/cms/polares_suit.phtml |archive-date=May 29, 2013  }}</ref> has been developing "Aouda.X", an experimental Mars [[Human analog missions|analogue]] space suit focusing on an advanced [[human–machine interface]] and on-board computing network to increase [[Situation awareness|situational awareness]]. The suit is designed to study contamination vectors in planetary exploration analogue environments and create limitations depending on the pressure regime chosen for a simulation.

Since 2012, for the [[Austrian Space Forum#Mars2013 - Morocco Mars Simulation 2013|Mars2013 analogue mission]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oewf.org/cms/mars2013.phtml |title=Morocco 2013 Mars Analogue Field Simulation |work=PolAres |publisher=Austrian Space Forum |access-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref> by the Austrian Space Forum to [[Erfoud]], [[Morocco]], the Aouda.X analogue space suit has a sister in the form of Aouda.S.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Mars 2013 - Morocco Mars Analog Field Simulation |publisher=Austrian Space Forum |url=http://www.oewf.org/cms/mars-2013-press-information.phtml |access-date=June 19, 2013  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624190103/http://www.oewf.org/cms/mars-2013-press-information.phtml |archive-date=June 24, 2013 }}</ref> This is a slightly less sophisticated suit meant primarily to assist Aouda.X operations and be able to study the interactions between two (analogue) astronauts in similar suits.

The Aouda.X and Aouda.S space suits have been named after the [[Aouda|fictional princess]] from the [[Jules Verne]]'s 1873 novel ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]''. A public display mock-up of Aouda.X (called Aouda.D) is currently on display at the Dachstein Ice Cave in [[Obertraun]], [[Austria]], after the experiments done there in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.oewf.org/en/2012/08/aouda-d-ice-princess/ |title=Aouda.D, ice princess |work=PolAres |publisher=Austrian Space Forum |type=Blog |access-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref>