Italian fashion house Prada just unveiled its hot new design: a spacesuit for female astronauts. Axiom Space and Prada created the new Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit, which will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission.
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00:00This is an historic day.
00:28The unveiling of this spacesuit is an historic moment, and most of the time you don't realize
00:33you're part of history when you're in it, but I'm telling you, you're part of history.
00:37When you see an astronaut walk on the moon in this suit, you'll remember seeing it for
00:40the first time on this day.
00:43Two years from now, when NASA flies the X-3 mission, the astronaut will be wearing this
00:49suit design.
00:51More profoundly for us, first woman to walk on the moon will wear this suit.
00:56The first person of color will wear this suit.
00:59The first non-American will wear this suit.
01:03And they will go in places that are incredibly hazardous, extreme environments.
01:07The partnership between Axiom Space and Prada in creating this flight design has truly revolutionized
01:12spacesuit development.
01:14Two very different leaders in their industry have come together to deliver the next generation
01:19spacesuit for the return to the moon, for the first time ever to the South Pole.
01:23This collaboration exemplifies the power to create better technology, technological
01:28solutions together by merging Axiom Space's elite engineering experience with Prada's
01:34renowned craftsmanship.
01:36We've blended engineering, science, and art to produce the ultimate garment for future
01:41moonwalkers.
01:42Spacesuit design has been really evolutionary for decades, and we're kind of taking a larger
01:47leap.
01:48We are changing it so it's dust tolerant, so that you can walk far distances, that you
01:53can help if your fellow crew member gets incapacitated, the ability to bring them back
01:57with you.
01:58So all these updates were more of a revolution than an evolution of the current design.
02:03It is an unbelievable amount of effort, from seamstresses, to requirement specialists,
02:12to engineers, managers, we have a range of skill sets and everyone is so proud to be
02:18doing what they're doing.
02:20Space is changing so fast right now, and it's going to be such a great time to want to get
02:25into any aspect of the space program, whether as an engineer, a designer, an astronaut,
02:33somebody stepping foot on another planet.