Astronauts heading to the moon in 2026 will be decked out in white and grey with a dash of red thanks to Prada, which has turned its attention from high-end handbags and designer clothing to spacesuits. The Italian fashion house jointly unveiled in Milan on Wednesday, with the Houston based start-up Axiom Space, the suit that Nasa astronauts will wear in two years’ time during the first moonwalks since Apollo 17 landed in 1972. In classic spacesuit white to reflect the sun, set off by grey knee and elbow pads, the outfits will also have Prada’s trademark red stripe down the back of the oxygen tank.
The firms are promising tough fabrics — thanks to Prada’s knowhow — to keep out fine moon dust and survive changeable weather as astronauts venture for the first time to the lunar south pole where temperatures can vary from as low as -203C to as high as 54C, depending on whether the sun is above the horizon..
