NASA is planning the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17’s voyage in 1972, and it looks to do it in style. Axiom Space, the company NASA chose last year to create Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) spacesuits for the Artemis III mission in 2025, has announced a partnership with luxury Italian brand Prada to design them.
The two companies will work together throughout production. “Prada’s technical expertise in raw materials, manufacturing techniques and innovative design concepts are instrumental in providing not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also much-needed human factors not found in older spacesuits,” Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini said in a statement. “It will somehow provide advanced technologies,” he said.
Prada Group marketing director Lorenzo Bertelli said: “This is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization.” He also said the company owes its “cutting-edge” work to decades of experience with the Luna Rossa Prada sailing team.
The Artemis III mission is significant not only because of the fifty years that have passed since Apollo 17, but also because astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover were on the mission, marking the first time a woman or person of color went to the Moon.
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