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 space suits that the Artemis 3 astronauts will wear on their mission to the Moon have been revealed. The futuristic uniforms have been co-designed for US space agency Nasa by Italian fashion brand Prada and Axiom Space.

Axiom says that was done to hide proprietary details of the design. In space, materials need to be lightly colored, otherwise they can become dangerously hot when exposed to sunlight. The white outer layer shown here is designed for Artemis lunar missions and should look similar to the final production version.

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.

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NASA astronauts will venture to the coldest realms of the moon — the dark craters of the lunar south pole. "Some deep craters haven’t seen the light of day for billions of years, so temperatures there can dip to minus 334 Fahrenheit," the space agency said. "That’s nearly three times colder than the lowest temperature recorded in Antarctica."

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.

Prada and Axiom Space have revealed a detailed look at their new spacesuit, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), designed specifically for NASA’s Artemis III mission. This mission will mark NASA’s first crewed journey to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA has announced that its upcoming Artemis III spacesuits are being designed by a partnership between Axiom Space and Prada. Yes, Prada, the fashion