Italian fashion house "Prada" will team up with American company "Axiom Space" to develop spacesuits for the Artemis III mission.
The press service of "Axiom Space" writes about it.
It is planned to land the crew of the NASA mission on the moon in 2025.
"Pradaʼs ever-visionary spirit for humanity has extended to its quest for adventure and new horizons — space," noted Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer Lorenzo Bertelli.
"Prada" experts 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, increased protection against the environment and specialized tools for research.
Prototype space suit.
"Pradaʼs technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing technologies and innovative design concepts will bring advanced technologies needed not only for the comfort of astronauts on the surface of the moon, but also to take into account the much-needed human factor that is missing from outdated spacesuits," added "Axiom Space" CEO Michael Suffredini.
- In March 2023, NASA unveiled a new spacesuit for the astronauts of the Artemis III mission, which was developed by "Axiom Space".
- In November 2021, NASA informed that it had postponed the Artemis mission to land humans on the surface of the Moon (the first woman and the 13th man) to 2025. This will be the first mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 to bring humans to the surface of the Moon. It should land on the south pole of the Moon. Its craters, which never see sunlight, are believed to contain vast reserves of ice. This ice can be used to produce rocket fuel on site, so it does not have to be shipped from Earth, which will reduce the cost of lunar exploration.