2024 marks not only the completion of Mission Artemis II, with four astronauts reaching the orbit of the Moon. It is also the return of a space classic for Nike shoes, the Air Foamposite One Galaxy.
With the starry sky as the main image, this shoe was originally released in 2012, during the NBA All-Star weekend in Orlando. was part of a space-themed collection, including exclusive outfits for LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant, as Complex Sneakers recalls.
The madness for its launch was such that several retail stores had to cancel their sale, due to the riots in the place.
Complex Sneakers recalls that one person offered to trade his car, with a full tank of gas, for a pair of Nike Air Foamposite One Galaxy size 10.5.
It was a real beauty, and we will have it back by 2024, according to advance zSneakerheadz.
This was the original Nike Air Foamposite One Galaxy
The original model had an all over print with blue and purple tones, with details of stars, evoking the night sky, the galaxy.
The Nike Air Foamposite One Galaxy they also had a sole that glowed in the dark, and a hang tag that said “remove before flight”. As if the experience of having shoes like these It will take you to infinity (and beyond).
The material used, Foamposite, It is a wrap with polyurethane, that gives the shoe its shape and structure. It was explained by Eric Avar, who led the creation for Nike ahead of its launch in 1997.
“We thought, ‘what if you could put your foot in a bath of liquid material that would stick? What if you could play basketball with just that?’ That was my inspiration, and I tried hard to get people to imagine it,” said Avar, narrating the origins of the Air Foamposite One.
The rest is history. Now it is time to wait until, by 2024, the model Nike Air Foamposite One Galaxy go back to the stores. And that the four astronauts, three from NASA and one from Canada, comply with return to the vicinity of the Moon on the Artemis II Mission.