Prada reveals its spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III mission

Final October, Axiom House and Prada partnered to create a new spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III mission — it is first crewed enterprise to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. One 12 months later, the pair has revealed a first look at the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit throughout Milan’s Worldwide Astronautical Congress. The go well with is white with pink and grey accents that admittedly does look chicer than a typical spacesuit.

The pair claims the brand new spacesuit’s design improves on flexibility, can handle an eight hour spacewalk and can maintain two hours of the lunar south pole’s coldest temperatures. “Prada’s design and product improvement crew labored alongside Axiom House engineers on personalized materials suggestions and options that may each shield astronauts towards the distinctive challenges of the lunar setting and visually encourage future house exploration,” the businesses stated in a joint assertion.

The go well with is nearly completed, having undergone testing and simulations at Axiom House, SpaceX and NASA services. It ought to enter a closing evaluate in 2025, following completion of the remaining evaluations. NASA initially deliberate to launch Artemis III in 2025 and pushed it to at least September 2026 early this 12 months. The house company initially awarded Axiom with the mission in 2022.