Axiom Space and Prada Unveil Liquid Cooling Garment for Artemis IV Spacesuit
The LCVG is the first detailed look at the life-support layer of the AxEMU suit, which will be used for the first crewed lunar landing at the Gateway outpost, and its co-development with Prada marks a rare cross-industry collaboration on spacesuit hardware.
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Axiom Space and Prada have revealed the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), the inner layer of the next-generation AxEMU spacesuit for NASA's Artemis IV mission. The LCVG circulates cold water through tubes along the body to manage heat and provides ventilation for up to eight-hour spacewalks, with a backup system for redundancy.
On June 7, 2026, Axiom Space and Prada showed the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) that astronauts will wear under the AxEMU spacesuit on NASA's Artemis IV mission, scheduled for 2028. The LCVG uses water-filled tubes along major muscle groups to absorb metabolic heat and transfer it to the suit's portable life support system, which vents it into space. A separate tube loop delivers fresh oxygen to the astronaut's face and removes exhaled carbon dioxide. Unlike previous cooling garments, the LCVG includes a backup system that keeps working if the primary loop fails. Prada contributed its expertise in high-performance materials to select fibers durable enough for repeated long-duration use. The AxEMU suit itself is designed to handle the extreme cold of permanently shadowed lunar regions for two hours and to fit a wide range of body types, including the first woman on the Moon.
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