Prada and Axiom unveil cooling suit for Artemis IV

NASA astronauts preparing for the first crewed lunar landing in over half a century will wear a specialized inner garment developed by Italian luxury brand Prada and Houston-based aerospace company Axiom Space. The partners unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment, or LCVG, on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at a Prada store in Manhattan.

The garment is designed as the inner layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit, which the companies first revealed in 2024. It is scheduled to be used during NASA’s Artemis IV mission, currently targeted for early 2028, which will land astronauts at the lunar South Pole. This marks the first time a luxury fashion brand has been directly involved in spacesuit development.

The LCVG’s primary function is to regulate an astronaut’s body temperature and breathing during spacewalks that could last up to eight hours. A network of tubes circulates cold water over major muscle groups to draw metabolic heat away from the body, with a backup cooling system in place should the primary system fail. A separate ventilation system continuously supplies oxygen across the astronaut’s face and removes exhaled carbon dioxide, routing it to...