Fifty-five years after Neil Armstrong, the first man to walked on the moonand finally came the turn to first wife to set foot on lunar soil.
To honor this historic moment, the
NASA called on the Italian luxury house Pradain order to sketch together, the contours of the incredible
space suit with which the American astronaut Christina Koch will land.
55 years after Neil Armstrong, NASA prepares to send the first woman to walk on the Moon
July 16, 1969, a historic date, which will forever be remembered. More than five decades after the mission’s crew members Apollo 11
walked on the Moon, having taken off from the Cape Canaveral base in Florida, on the east coast of the United States, NASA is preparing to repeat the experience.
With four astronauts on board, the capsule
Orion will fly from the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. All in all, the rocket will not land on the Moon, but will circle it before returning to Earth, after which, a alunissage of two astronauts, will occur a year later, as confirmed by the Harper’s
Bazaar.
Christina Koch, the first woman to walk on the Moon… in Prada
For this new mission, which should be held by end of year 2024NASA called on Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, an African-American astronaut and fighter pilot in the United States Navy, Jeremy Hansen, a former Canadian fighter pilot, and Christina Kochwhich will become the first woman to walk on the Moon. The 45-year-old astronaut, who already holds the world record for the longest space flight by a woman, holds the record for the longest flight in space in one go, with 289 days aboard the International Space Station.
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For this lunar journey whose mission is entitled
Artemis III NASA, surrounded itself with the American aerospace company Axiom Spacefounded in 2016. From this association, another much more surprising collaboration was born, with Prada. A completely unexpected partnership, to say the least, but which allowed the creation of the incredible spacesuit Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU).
An avant-garde space suit, which will allow “for the first time, exploration of the lunar south pole“
A creation merging ingenuity, technology, innovation and aesthetics, “ capable of protecting astronauts from the hostile environment of space and allowing, for the first time, exploration of the lunar south polee » as the Milanese luxury house specifies on its official Instagram account. Avant-garde work of art, produced in close collaboration with Prada, who provided raw materials and expertise through innovative manufacturing techniques and design ideas.
Since October 18, the space suit Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) and presented to the public at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, in the continuation of the IAC event.
