Cosmetics for outer space: three-year countdown to launch begins for CosmoSkin by Japanese companies ANA and Pola Orbis

Japanese firms ANA and Pola Orbis aim to create by 2023 cosmetics that feel comfortable on the skin in the extremely dry and zero gravity conditions of space

‘We seek to bring the comfort and convenience of ANA beyond Earth and into the final frontier,’ airline operator ANA said in announcing the project’s launch

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A project is being launched to develop the world’s first space-friendly cosmetics line – at a time when commercial space tourism is on the horizon. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Published: 7:15pm, 21 Sep 2020Updated: 7:15pm, 21 Sep 2020

Two Japanese companies have launched a joint project to develop the world’s first space-friendly cosmetics line by 2023.

Both ANA Holdings and cosmetics manufacturer Pola Orbis Holdings have high hopes for the rapidly developing field of space travel, and say the project, dubbed CosmoSkin, aims to create cosmetics that feel comfortable on the skin even in the extremely dry and zero gravity conditions of space.

ANA’s All Nippon Airways will provide aircraft, which can best simulate humidity levels and other conditions aboard a spacecraft, to carry out experiments to develop the products.

“This partnership with Pola Orbis group is a step in a bold new direction as we seek to bring the comfort and convenience of ANA beyond Earth and into the final frontier,” the airline operator said in a press release.

ANA’s All Nippon Airways will provide aircraft to carry out experiments to develop the products. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Part of a SpaceX rocket after blast-off. The company will send tourists on a 10-day trip to the International Space Station in late 2021 and is planning to offer a moon tour by 2023. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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