The suit is far more elaborate than the long-ago Mercury model and far more expensive, the product of a $228-million contract NASA issued to Axiom in 2022. But there is good reason for the bump in price and complexity: as early as the end of 2026,

Luxury fashion house Prada and commercial space company Axiom Space have unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn on the moon as early as 2026.

The first woman on the moon will be wearing a Prada space suit, as part of NASA's first human mission to the lunar South Pole. The suit has been designed for NASA's Artemis III,  planned for 2026.

Together with NASA and Axiom Space, Prada is pioneering a new era in space exploration with a spacesuit designed for protection, flexibility, and comfort.

The newly unveiled Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit based on NASA’s iconic designs will be used for the American space agency’s upcoming Artemis III mission, which will see the first moon landing by a human since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Axiom Space and Prada unveiled a spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III, which will be the agency's first mission to the moon's surface since 1972.

Such a momentous occasion as a return to Earth's dusty gunpowder satellite requires nothing short of the fanciest of duds – so Axiom Space, the contractor tasked with designing the crucial suits for extravehicular activities during NASA's 2026 Artemis III mission to the Moon,