NASA plans to build base on moon
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An overhaul of NASA's priorities aims to accelerate moon missions and build a lunar base, but the shift will affect the future of Houston-led programs and commercial space stations.
NASA plans to develop a permanent moon base in three opening phases, investing $20 billion over seven years to create a human foothold.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.
NASA plans to invest $20 billion over the next seven years to develop a base on the surface of the moon, the latest major strategy shakeup aimed at enabling humans to live on the lunar surface long-term.
NASA is halting plans to develop the lunar Gateway and instead focusing on the development of a During an event at NASA Headquarters March 24, agency officials outlined major changes to its Artemis lunar architecture,
A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.