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NASA's Secret: Moon astronauts will be rocking Prada underwear
What, you think any old liquid-cooled bodysuit would be acceptable to pair with such a fashionable outer layer?
The devil may wear Prada, but soon Moon-bound astronauts will be sporting unmentionables from the high-fashion brand.Okay, to be honest, Prada hasn’t actually designed haute-couture Italian astronaut underthings for casual rocket missions so much as its existing collaboration with Axiom Space has been expanded to include a base layer for the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), which the pair announced in 2024. One can’t be caught in an unfashionable Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) inside a fashion house EVA suit, after all.
Axiom rolled out the LCVG in New York City over the weekend, describing it as the companion piece that future NASA Moon explorers will be issued when humans return to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis IV mission in 2028, provided that the timeline doesn’t change again.
