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The agency has outlined a three-phase plan for lunar infrastructure and says the effort will serve as a proving ground for future missions to Mars.
As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.
NASA intends to send a lot of people to the moon-and to Mars-in the coming decade.
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In a document explaining the NASA cuts, the Trump administration said it seeks to slash funding for “unnecessary and overpriced activities.” Under the White House plan, NASA will focus on the administration’s priority of landing humans on the Moon before the end of Trump’s term in office, then building a Moon base.
This is *** live view of the Artemis 2 rocket and spacecraft inside the vehicle assembly building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA is aiming for an April 1 launch date for a mission that will send astronauts around the moon and back as part ...
The new initiative includes a base on the moon, a nuclear-powered flight to Mars and a replacement for the ISS.