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Prada, Axiom Unveil Cooling Garment for Artemis IV Suit

6/10/2026

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Prada Unveils Space Garment

Prada and Axiom Space unveiled a Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) at the SoHo flagship on Sunday.
The LCVG will sit under the AxEMU suit for International Space Station (ISS) tests and Artemis missions.
NASA must approve the garment weeks before its use on Artemis IV next year.
Each suit, announced in October 2023, needs about 500 hours to make—three times a standard spacesuit—and follows Prada’s 2024 outer-spacesuit debut in Milan.

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Axiom Delays Tests

OIG report warns Axiom’s 2025 AxEMU test schedule is unachievable, moving demos to 2027 and Artemis IV to 2028.
Axiom will qualify the modular LCVG—engineered by Prada’s knitting for part swapping—on the International Space Station and in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
Analysts say the partnership could open aerospace textile markets, with the LCVG featuring a redundant cooling loop for the lunar South Pole’s temperature swings.

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Prada Launches Suit

Prada unveiled the LCVG suit at a launch inside its Manhattan flagship store.
The suit merges Prada’s engineered knitting and 3D modeling with Axiom Space’s cooling and ventilation, dividing fashion and aerospace duties.
Prada pitches the suit to commercial operators like Blue Origin and SpaceX for tourism flights.
Designers claim the form-fitting, tube-patterned silhouette can shift from lunar walk-outs to runway shows, framing space travel as a premium lifestyle.

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Prada Unveils Space Garment

Prada and Axiom Space unveiled a Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) at the SoHo flagship on Sunday.
The LCVG will sit under the AxEMU suit for International Space Station (ISS) tests and Artemis missions.
NASA must approve the garment weeks before its use on Artemis IV next year.
Each suit, announced in October 2023, needs about 500 hours to make—three times a standard spacesuit—and follows Prada’s 2024 outer-spacesuit debut in Milan.

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