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NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays

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Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the design of the new Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan on Oct. 16, 2024. (Image credit: Andrew Jones/Space.com) NASA says it has a new approach to spacesuit development that should smooth out delays in getting ready for astronaut moon landings as soon as 2028. NASA came under criticism in a new Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report released Monday (April 20), which said the agency's approach to next-generation spacesuits led to delays in the program. (The spacesuits used on the International Space Station are not an option for Artemis astronauts; not only are they decades old, they were also not designed for moonwalks.) According to the report, those delays could push readiness for a crewed moon landing back to 2031 — three years past the Trump administration's current deadline.…

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