The NASA and Prada have signed a controversial million-dollar agreement for the fashion brand to design, with style, the astronauts’ space suits. The amount for which they sealed the contract raises mixed opinions among astronomy enthusiasts, since the amount of money could have been used for another type of research.
Will it protect them from radiation? Probably yes, but that won’t be Prada’s job. The renowned fashion brand will be in charge of designing the suits so that they are fashionable, at the time of the launches that the POT plans for the Artemis mission, which will take humanity back to the Moon.
The agreement is for five years and was closed for a total of 30 million dollars. It was done through the private company Axiom Space, which works directly with the POT.
“In the first partnership between an Italian luxury fashion house and a commercial space company, Prada engineers are working together with @Axiom_Space to help design spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis III lunar mission,” Prada said on her X account.
Prada clothing for astronauts will debut in 2025, with the launch of the Artemis III mission to the Moon. Astronauts traveling to the Moon will wear a combination of Prada clothing and current NASA clothing.
This agreement is an important step in the collaboration between fashion and science. Prada is a luxury brand known for its innovative design and attention to detail. The collaboration with NASA will allow the Italian brand to apply its knowledge and skills to a new field, outer space.
The place D.W. reflects statements by Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini, who celebrates this agreement between fashion and science.
“Prada’s technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing techniques and innovative design concepts. “It will provide advanced technologies that will be essential to guarantee not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface but also other necessary considerations absent in the suits of the past,” said the executive.