By Jesmine Cheong , ABC with wires The first woman on the moon will be wearing a designer spacesuit, as part of NASA's first human mission to the lunar South Pole. Prada has co-designed the space suit with private space company Axiom Space to provide the surface suits for NASA's Artemis III mission to the moon, planned for 2026. The designer suit does not stray too far from what astronauts have worn historically.
Similar to the suits worn by the Apollo astronauts who last walked on the moon more than five decades ago, the external layer of the suit is designed to reflect heat and is mostly white. It is also designed to withstand extreme temperatures at the lunar south pole and endure the coldest temperatures. But the fresh suit will have touches of grey and red stripes, reflecting similar characteristics to other Prada creations, including Italy's Luna Rossa America's Cup boat.
The suits are also unisex and can be adapted to different sizes. First woman on the moon Artemis III is planned as the first astronaut moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA said it will also mark the first time a woman and person of colour has been on the surface of the Moon.
Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, is set to leave earth in September next year aiming to pave the way for Artemis III. Christina Koch is the only woman in the Artemis crew. Twenty-four people have travelled to the Moon with only half walking on its surface and three of these astronauts making the j.