The astronauts of the Artemis 3 mission NASA’s Moon mission, scheduled for September 2026, will wear Prada spacesuits, a sample of which was unveiled today in Milan.

Artemis 3 will send astronauts to the surface of the Moon for the first time since the end of the Apollo program, and the design of the suits was entrusted to the American company Axiom Space, which asked the cooperation of the famous Milanese luxury goods group.

Mainly white, as in the Apollo program, this uniform, the fruit of an unprecedented collaboration, also includes gray accents and red stripes that reminiscent of the design of the Italian sailing ship Luna Rossa (Red Moon) which participated in the America’s Cup sailing race and was sponsored by Prada.

Without revolutionizing astronaut suits, promises to provide astronauts with maximum comfort: gloves tailored to the measurements of each astronaut, boots that withstand extreme temperatures and uneven terrain, internal pressure control, radiation protection, eight-hour autonomy…

“In two years, when NASA launches the Artemis 3 mission, astronauts (…) will be going to incredibly dangerous places, to extreme environments“, underlined the president of Axiom Space Matt Odler during a press conference in Milan.

“One of the missions that NASA wants to carry out is to try to discover the water craters at the South Pole, one of the coldest places in the universe”he recalled.

Space suit

The uniform is unisex

The model perfected by Prada and Axiom is unisex and can be adjusted to different sizes, as with Artemis 3 the first woman will also go to the Moon.

Information about the materials used has been classified as “confidential,” said Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada’s chief marketing officer, but also notably the son of the house’s founder, Miuccia Prada. He expressed his joy at “gaining the know-how” that this experience allowed.

“We have combined engineering, science and art to produce state-of-the-art clothing for future travelers to the Moon, ensuring that astronauts will be able to complete their goals and missions in complete safety and comfort,” summed up the Russell Ralston, who runs the uniforms program by Axiom Space.

Space suit by Prada

To date, five countries – the United States, the Soviet Union, China, India and Japan – have managed to land their spacecraft on the Moon. Among them, only the United States has already sent people there.