NASA Audit Sees Slow Spacesuit Development Hindering Lunar Return

Astronaut in spacesuit
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Efforts by NASA to develop a next-generation spacesuit face significant cost and schedule challenges that will push back its availability to April 2025 at the earliest, according to audit by the agency’s inspector general (IG). The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) is being...

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