NASA will wear high-tech Prada long johns to the Moon

NASA 将穿着 Prada 的高科技“秋裤”重返月球

We’ve seen Axiom Space and Prada’s collaboration on the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit. Now the company has revealed the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) that astronauts will wear underneath it when Artemis IV returns humans to the Moon in 2028.

我们已经见识过 Axiom Space 与 Prada 在 Axiom 舱外机动装置（AxEMU）宇航服上的合作。现在，该公司又揭晓了“液体冷却与通风服”（LCVG），当“阿尔忒弥斯 4 号”（Artemis IV）任务在 2028 年将人类送回月球时，宇航员将穿着它在宇航服内部。

The LCVG is the all-important base layer that will keep the crew cool and comfortable while inside the AxEMU and on spacewalks. Cold water is circulated through tubes embedded in the suit to whisk heat away from astronauts’ bodies. And, should the primary system fail, there is a backup, unlike older cooling suits. The LCVG also houses the ventilation system that supplies fresh oxygen to the AxEMU helmet and directs exhaled CO2 to a scrubber for recirculation.

LCVG 是至关重要的基础层，旨在确保宇航员在 AxEMU 宇航服内及进行太空行走时保持凉爽与舒适。冷水通过嵌入服装的管道循环，带走宇航员身体产生的热量。与老式冷却服不同，该系统在主系统发生故障时还配有备用方案。此外，LCVG 还集成了通风系统，负责向 AxEMU 头盔输送新鲜氧气，并将呼出的二氧化碳引导至洗涤器进行循环处理。

The collaboration between Axiom Space and Prada isn’t the first time NASA has gotten involved with a project that blended high-tech materials and manufacturing with high-fashion design. It also funded the BioSuit concept created by MIT professor Dava Newman with help from renowned architect Guillermo Trotti.

Axiom Space 与 Prada 的合作并非 NASA 首次参与将高科技材料、制造工艺与高级时尚设计相结合的项目。NASA 此前还资助了由麻省理工学院教授 Dava Newman 在著名建筑师 Guillermo Trotti 协助下所构思的“生物服”（BioSuit）项目。