NASA’s permanent Moon base plans start with three missions this year

On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon's South Pole region. These missions volition pave the mode for the crewed Artemis landing slated for 2028, starting with 3 Moon Base missions NASA says are "the archetypal of much than a twelve missions that volition beryllium announced this year."

• Moon Base I, launching "no earlier than autumn 2026," volition usage Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance lander to bring NASA payloads to the Moon, including the Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies instrumentality and the Laser Retroreflective Array. NASA volition usage these "to survey however thrusters interact with the Moon's surface" and assistance "orbi …

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