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NASA reveals first plans for a moon base
This illustration shows a concept for what NASA’s Moon Base could look like. (NASA) NASA held a press conference today announcing plans for a lunar base, as well as its commercial partners that will make it come to fruition. “People are looking up again, believing in big things again, and paying attention as America returns to the moon again — and this time to stay,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said during a press conference on Tuesday. The plans are continuing off the success of the Artemis II mission around theRead more
NASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump’s 2026 budget
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA’s moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6-billion US cut to the space agency’s overall budget for next year. The “skinny” — or outline — version of Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, released on Friday, would cancel NASA’s over-budget Space Launch System (SLS), a gigantic rocket built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman, and its Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule after its third mission in 2027 under theRead more