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...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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