The Italian fashion house Prada will team up with the American company Axiom Space to develop spacesuits for the Artemis III mission.
This was reported by the Axiom Space press service.
The NASA mission crew is scheduled to land on the Moon in 2025.
“Prada’s ever-forward-thinking spirit for humanity has expanded to include its desire for adventure and new horizons – space,” said Lorenzo Bertelli, Chief Marketing Officer of Prada Group.
Prada specialists will work with the Axiom Space team to improve the materials and functions of the spacesuits.
The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit will allow astronauts to live and work on and around the Moon. It will have increased flexibility, enhanced environmental protection, and specialized tools for research.
“Prada’s technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing techniques and innovative design concepts will bring cutting-edge technologies that are needed not only for the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also to take into account the much-needed human factor that is not present in outdated spacesuits,” added Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini.
