Spacetravel in s-t-y-l-e
Mattias Hansson
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Wanna look sharp for every occasion? Well. Italian suits never goes out of fashion. And soon you can wear them on the moon too. Commercial space company Axion has landed a partnership deal with Italian fashion maker (since 1913) Prada to come up with some really forward thinking and future blinking space couture.
In the first groundbreaking partnership between an Italian luxury fashion house and a commercial space company, Axiom Space, industry leader and architect of the world’s first commercial space station, announces a collaboration with Prada on NASA's lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission.
As the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972, this Artemis mission, planned for 2025, will also be the first to place a woman on the Moon.
“We are honored to be a part of this historic mission... It is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization”, said Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Marketing Director.
The AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) spacesuit will provide astronauts with advanced capabilities for space exploration, while offering NASA commercially developed human systems needed to access, live and work on and around the Moon. Evolving NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) spacesuit design, the Axiom Space spacesuits are created to provide increased flexibility, greater protection to withstand the harsh environment, and specialized tools for exploration and scientific opportunities. Using innovative technologies and design, these spacesuits will enable greater exploration of the lunar surface than ever before.
The development of these next-generation spacesuits is a significant milestone in furthering space exploration, and enabling a deeper understanding of the Moon, the solar system, and beyond.
Artemis III will be Nasa’s first crewed mission to the lunar south pole and will include the first woman and first person of color to land on the moon. According to Nasa, the astronauts will take pictures and videos of the moon’s surface, survey geology and retrieve various samples from the lunar south pole.
“The information and materials collected by Artemis III astronauts will increase our understanding of the mysterious south pole region, the moon and our solar system,” Nasa explained.
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