"We have broken the mold," said Matt Ondler, Axiom Space's president, regarding the Prada collaboration spacesuits.

The suit is far more elaborate than the long-ago Mercury model and far more expensive, the product of a $228-million contract NASA issued to Axiom in 2022. But there is good reason for the bump in price and complexity: as early as the end of 2026,

The suits will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission, marking humankind’s first return to the moon since 1972. It will see the first woman and the first person of color walk on the moon.

Italian luxury fashion house Prada and space startup company Axiom Space unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn in the first NASA landing mission to the moon since 1972.

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Luxury fashion house Prada and commercial space company Axiom Space have unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn on the moon as early as 2026.

Prada is now a spacesuit designer with its Axiom Space collaboration, meant for NASA Artemis III astronauts to wear.

Astronauts will wear the suits during the Artemis mission to the moon. Here’s how they stack up against other space suits. The new spacesuit that will go to the moon sometime in the 2030s looks similar to the ones worn by some of the Apollo astronauts in the 1970s,

The next time American astronauts step onto the moon, they’ll be clad in Prada spacesuits – featuring advanced technology and the brand’s signature design elements.

Prada partnered with Axiom to design a space suit for the next moon landing. Get exclusive details on how the luxury house is entering the space race with innovative techniques and fabrications and creating the ultimate fashion collaboration.