The big, puffy white moonsuits worn by Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo astronauts a half-century ago are out of fashion.

Branded by Axiom as the "Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit," or AxEMU for short, the new suits are more streamlined and flexible than the old Apollo get-ups.

Axiom Space said that it plans to have new versions for training purposes for NASA later this summer.

NASA claims that new suits are designed to fit a broad range of potential wearers, accommodating at least 90% of the US male and female population.

The moonsuits will be white like they were during NASA's Apollo program more than a half-century ago.

Axiom said it collaborated with costume designer Ester Marquis from the Apple TV+ lunar series "For All Mankind" to create the custom cover layer using Axiom's logo and brand colours.

They also will incorporate advances in life-support systems, pressure garments and avionics.

NASA awarded Axiom Space a $228.5 million contract to provide the outfits for the first moon landing in more than 50 years.

The space agency is targeting late 2025 at the earliest to land two astronauts on the moon's south pole.

NASA also promises that subsequent Artemis missions will include the first person of colour on the moon.

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency's Artemis III mission will be the first ever to send a woman to walk on the moon.

All 12 NASA astronauts who landed on the moon during a total of six Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972 were white men.

According to Axiom, the final version will be different, including the colour.