NASA Still Confident Artemis Astronauts Will Land on the Moon in 2028 Despite Spacesuit Delays

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.