NASA has turned to Prada, a high-priced designer brand, to help design spacesuits for a moon mission. The commercial space company Axiom Space was awarded a $228.5 million contract by NASA to design lunar space suits for the Artemis III mission, slated for 2025.

The unlikely partnership between the Italian luxury house and the space company was announced Wednesday, joining forces to dress four astronauts in what will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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The crew will depart Kennedy Space Center in Florida, traveling toward the moon for several days. NASA tapped SpaceX to provide the human landing system that will transport the astronauts from the spacecraft in orbit to the surface of the moon and back.

“The constantly forward-thinking ethos of Prada for humanity has broadened to his desire of adventure and to brave new horizons: space,” Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada group marketing director, said. “Our decades of experimentation, cutting-edge technology and design know-how — which started back in the ‘90s with Luna Rossa challenging for the America’s Cup — will now apply to the design of a spacesuit for the Artemis era. It is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization.”

The third Artemis mission is scheduled to last 30 days; NASA is determined to make history by becoming the first humans to explore the region near the lunar’s uncharted south pole. The Prada engineers will collaborate with the Axiom Space team to craft a suit best suited for this level of space exploration.

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Michael Suffredini, the CEO of Axiom Space, said it is excited to partner with Prada in creating the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit.

"Prada's technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing techniques, and innovative design concepts will bring advanced technologies instrumental in ensuring not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also the much-needed human factors considerations absent from legacy spacesuits,” Suffredini said.