Three astronauts from the POT and a representative of the Canadian Space Agency They will travel to space and explore the moon in 2025 as part of the mission Artemis III. The special suits they will wear during the mission are designed by Axiom space and the luxury Italian clothing brand, Prada.

Although Prada is known for its elegant and exclusive brand clothing, that is not the reason why they play an important role in designing spacesuits.

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The Italian brand was chosen for its innovative engineering department, which is dedicated to finding ways to use new materials in making clothes.

In fact, a prototype of astronaut suits It was already designed by Axiom Space, a space infrastructure development company working with NASA. The suit presented by Axiom Space was black and orange, but it was indicated that the final color would be white to reflect heat.

Prada’s role would be implement the outer layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU).

The Italian engineers have the task of making the suit comfortable, maneuverable but also resistant for the Artemis III mission.

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The clothes will provide the astronauts advanced lunar exploration capabilities. It even has a set of tools specifically designed for accessing, living and working in space.

“Prada’s technical expertise with raw materials, production techniques And innovative design concepts “It will deliver advanced technologies that will be essential to ensure not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also the much-needed human factors considerations missing from older space suits,” he noted. Michael SuffrediniCEO of Axiom Space.

A statement of Lorenzo Bertellimmarketing director of the Prada Group, also made the announcement official: “Our decades of experimentation, cutting-edge technology and design know-how […] will now apply development of a spacesuit for the age of Artemis. “It is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization.”

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For several days the crew travels to the satellite, where the ship will be located in an almost straight-line halo-lunar orbit; that is, very close to the surface. At this point, two of the astronauts will descend to the moon They will land near the moon’s south polewhere NASA wants to begin explorations.

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The reconnaissance mission will last six and a half days. Meanwhile, the other two crew members will remain in Orion to remain in close orbit during those days. Then the Four astronauts meet on the Orion ship and travel to Earth at a speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour. (JO)