Prada, the Italian fashion house, will create in collaboration with the aerospace company Axiom space of NASA le spacesuits is preferably used for shipping 2025 Artemis III.
The Artemis III lunar mission
Axiom Space, a leading space company and creator of the first commercial orbital station, has announced its collaboration with Prada for the creation of special spacesuits intended for Artemis III lunar mission, scheduled for 2025, a special occasion that will see the presence of a woman among the crew. It will be the first landing on the moon crewed since Apollo 17 dating back to 1972.
The spacesuits created by Prada
Prada will create the outer layer of the space suit, which must protect the internal parts without hindering mobility. The fashion house is working to create innovative, light, resistant suits, suitable for greater flexibility and equipped with technical tools for the exploration of places and research activities. The decades of experimentation, study of cutting-edge technologies and know-how in the field of design will come together in the spacesuit for the Artemis era.
Prada will put much of its style, promoting Italian fashion also in space, combining design and technology and becoming a pioneer fashion brand in this field.
A contract worth 228,5 million dollars was signed between the two agencies.
Axiom's collaboration with Prada could also expand to other projects and demonstrates the Italian brand's desire to expand into other sectors and get involved.
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