Astronauts travel to the Moon as part of NASA ’s Artemis program will go there in style as Axiom Space taps luxury brand Prada to serve in the design of its spacesuit .
On Wednesday , Axiom Spaceannouncedits collaboration with Prada to project NASA ’s lunar spacesuits for the Artemis 3 mission , which is schedule to plunge in 2025 .
“ The invariably forward - thinking ethos of [ founder Mario ] Prada for humanity has broaden to his desire of adventure and to brave out fresh horizons : space , ” Lorenzo Bertelli , Prada ’s group selling music director , said in a statement .
The spacesuit prototype that’s being developed for the Artemis 3 mission.Photo: Axiom Space
It ’s an unlikely pairing , but one that hop to bring an added layer of puff to the first group of spaceman set to land on the Moon since the days of Apollo . “ Prada ’s technical expertness with bare-ass textile , manufacturing techniques , and innovative aim concepts will play advanced engineering instrumental in ensuring not only the comfort of spaceman on the lunar surface , but also the much - want human component considerations absent from legacy spacesuits , ” Michael Suffredini , chief operating officer of Axiom Space , say in a statement .
Engineers at Prada will work alongside the team at Axiom Space throughout the plan procedure , “ developing solutions for material and design features to protect against the unique challenge of distance and the lunar environment , ” Axiom write .
originally this year , Axiom Space unveiled the first prototype of its next generation spacesuit . AxEMU , or Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit , was developed with the bequest of NASA spacesuits in nous while contain raw technology , more mobility , and protection from the lunar environs . The spacesuits come along to have a more modern , slick look and were also plan to give spaceman more flexibility on the lunar surface .
The current white protective layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit.Photo: Axiom Space
The new spacesuit design was develop as part of a$228.5 million Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services ( xEVAS ) declaration , although Axiom Space will continue ownership of the suit of clothes and can seek out commercial-grade customers to use it .
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