NASA has selected luxury fashion house Prada to design the spacesuits for its Artemis III mission, which aims to land astronauts on the Moon for the first time since 1972. The suits, developed in collaboration with Axiom Space, will be worn by the crew during the lunar surface exploration.
The announcement follows the recent Blue Origin NS-31 mission, which carried Lauren Sánchez and an all-female crew to space in custom designer flight suits. While those suits were not NASA-related, the partnership with Prada marks a significant step in merging fashion with space technology.
Prada will bring expertise in materials and design to create suits that are both functional and aesthetically refined. The suits must withstand extreme temperatures, radiation, and lunar dust while allowing flexibility for scientific work.
Artemis III is currently scheduled for no earlier than 2027, pending development and testing of the new suits and the SpaceX Starship lunar lander. The mission will include the first woman and the next man on the Moon.
