Prada will go to space. You read it absolutely right. The Italian luxurious fashion brand reportedly has unveiled a new garment designed exclusively for the future NASA astronauts.
Prada will go to space. Yes, you read it absolutely right. The luxurious Italian fashion brand, Prada, reportedly unveiled a new garment designed exclusively for future NASA astronauts. The spacesuits will be worn by the NASA astronauts for their future space missions. It has generated global interest with one question being in the mind. What will be the cost of a Prada-designed astronaut spacesuit?
It is interesting to note that at the moment, neither NASA, Axiom Space, nor Prada has revealed the exact details related to the costing of the astronaut garment. However, according to reports dated back to 2023, when Prada had thought of teaming up with Axiom Space, every suit cost a whopping amount. For the unversed, Prada had plans to team up with Axiom Space to create lunar suits for NASA's future Artemis missions. Well, according to reports, each suit had cost USD 100,000 to make and was roughly around USD 840,000. BollywoodShaadis could not independently verify the data, as no official statement has been released.
Italian fashion house, Prada has teamed up with Axiom Space to introduce high-tech space garments for NASA astronauts. This has been in relation to their future lunar missions and has been one of the most unusual collaborations. Axion Space had taken to X to reveal that the new space outfit has the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG). These are essential components which are worn by the astronaut beneath the spacesuit. The tweet read:
"Axiom Space has teamed up again with @Prada to introduce the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), the innermost layer within the #AxEMU spacesuit that is designed to protect astronauts from the elements when they explore the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. The LCVG collaboration draws on Prada's expertise in engineered knitting and innovative design concepts, resulting in a next-generation garment that maintains cooling and ventilation while enhancing comfort during up to eight-hour spacewalks."
In the tweet, Axiom Space also mentioned that collaborating with industry pioneers like Prada allowed them to combine their technical expertise with leaders across different sectors. This has helped in fostering innovation and teamwork to deliver advanced technologies that will return America to the Moon.
Prada reportedly will make lunar mission outfits for NASA astronauts that will help regulate their body temperature during the demanding lunar missions. A netizen on X commented, "Damn, I did not know slayying was a requirement for astronauts. That actually looks pretty stylish for astronaut apparel but functional too! Interesting work. I wish people could get excited about this. NASA dropped the PR ball for an entire generation and the kids just don't care anymore." Another user said:
"Does it come with the butt warmer option? Well damn. Didn’t think Prada would have been a contact person for an insulation lattice for astronauts’ insulation lol. Good for them. Have any thought on dry drowning? Any sensors can liquid coolant be sucked out of the suit a manual valve to space of the leaking loop? You would think there's gotta be a better way than that size tubing all over. Like a fabric with micro-nano tubes that work to exchange heat."
Well, Lorenzo Bertelli at an event held at Prada's Manhattan store had shared that Prada had a broad spectrum of capability and made the comment reportedly while a mannequin was wearing the new garment.
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