Artist’s concept showing two astronauts planting an American flag at the lunar South Pole.
NASA/Daniel O’Neal
NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace in 2022 to compete to provide next-generation spacesuits for Artemis lunar missions and ISS operations. However, NASA and Collins agreed to remove the company’s task orders in 2024 citing an inability to meet the ISS demonstration schedule, leaving one spacesuit provider. Following this and other programmatic issues, NASA has been challenged to ensure readiness for the Artemis lunar surface mission in 2028 and the ISS before its planned decommission in 2030.
