MILAN, Italy — When astronauts travel back to the moon from Florida’s Space Coast they could be wearing Prada spacesuits.
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Prada and Axiom Space unveiled these designs.
A team of 10 designers worked on the suits, keeping safety and utility in mind.
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“Our elite teams have redefined spacesuit development, establishing new pathways to innovative solutions and applying a state-of-the-art design approach for the AxEMU,” said Matt Ondler, Axiom Space President. “We have broken the mold. The Axiom Space-Prada partnership has set a new foundational model for cross-industry collaboration, further expanding what’s possible in commercial space.”
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They’ll be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission, currently scheduled for the second half of 2026.
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