A NASA Inspector General report published on Monday, April 21, 2026, expresses serious concerns that next-generation spacesuits will not be ready for the Artemis III Moon landing mission scheduled for 2028. The report critiques NASA's $3.1 billion Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) program, initiated in 2022, which tasked private suppliers Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace with developing two suits. Collins Aerospace withdrew in 2024, and the report suggests Axiom Space may not have demo suits ready until 2031, jeopardizing both the 2028 lunar landing and the International Space Station's 2030 deactivation. The IG attributes these delays to the use of firm-fixed-price contracts for a developmental effort, a lack of prior commercial spacesuit experience at Axiom Space, and overly burdensome contract requirements. Furthermore, NASA's failure to establish a uniform spacesuit standard risks interoperability issues with various Artemis spacecraft, potentially increasing costs.