NASA puts Benchmade Triage knives in every Artemis II spacesuit
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Updated · The Gadgeteer · May 6
NASA puts Benchmade Triage knives in every Artemis II spacesuit
8 articles · Updated · The Gadgeteer · May 6
The orange 916SBK-ORG rescue knife flew on the roughly 10-day lunar flyby launched from Cape Canaveral on 1 April with four astronauts aboard Artemis II.
NASA chose it because its grip, blunt tip and strap cutter can be used through thick gloves; the folding tool also includes an AXIS lock, rescue hook and glass breaker.
The Triage, first introduced in 2011 and used by EMT and search-and-rescue teams, is now part of NASA's return-to-the-Moon equipment, while the orange version sold out before launch.
Why did NASA's futuristic lunar mission rely on a knife design that is over a decade old?
Why was an advanced super-steel like MagnaCut passed over for astronaut gear on the Artemis II mission?