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NASA's vision of the new moon base - and 'near impossible' mission to Mars

Nasa chiefs have their sights set on a new 20 billion dollar moon base in their 'mini space race' with China. Artemis III’s yet-to-be-named astronauts will practise docking their Orion capsule with a ...
UPI

NASA announces accelerated plan to build moon base

March 24 (UPI) --NASA on Tuesday announced plans to spend $30 billion on a permanent lunar base and send astronauts to the moon every six months after the Artemis V mission. Speaking at a so-called ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s new moon base project requires operational technology systems in space, but they are vulnerable.

The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft on the pad Feb. 1 during a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis 2 mission. Credit: NASA/Sam Lott Newly anointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman made a $20 ...
GeekWire

Portal Space’s ‘Mini-Nova’ payload goes into orbit to test technologies for maneuverable space vehicles

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Portal Space Systems’ “Mini-Nova” technology demonstration payload and more than 100 other payloads into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (SpaceX ...