Overview
- Prada and Axiom Space publicly described the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment this week, positioning it as the high‑performance inner layer to be worn beneath NASA’s next‑generation AxEMU lunar suit.
- The LCVG uses a network of thin tubing to circulate chilled water that removes metabolic heat and routes that heat into the suit’s portable life‑support system for rejection to space.
- A separate ventilation circuit within the garment helps deliver oxygen to the helmet area and assists continuous removal of exhaled carbon dioxide by feeding gas to the suit’s CO2 scrubber.
- Designers used advanced 3D modeling to place tubing, seams and flexible zones so the underlayer can improve mobility and withstand repeated long extravehicular activities compared with Apollo‑era gear.
- Development is ongoing and the system is not flight‑certified, with the teams targeting use on planned Artemis lunar missions in the coming years and the project reflecting a wider trend of apparel firms entering space‑technology partnerships.