Space Race Heats up Between US, China as NASA Lays Out Moon Base Plans

NASA announces plans to build Moon Base: ‘Humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world’

“The Moon Base will be America’s and humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world."

Space race heats up between US, China as NASA lays out Moon base plans

NASA has unveiled its plans to send humans to the Moon, which include establishing a permanent presence on Earth's nearest satellite by the 2030s. It comes as China moves ahead with its own lunar ambitions, launching three astronauts into outer space. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Michelle L. D. Hanlon, Executive Director at the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi.

Inside Nasa’s plans for a lunar base

Nasa has released details of robotic landers, hopping drones and vehicles it aims to send to the Moon as part of US plans to build a lunar base

NASA Reveals Plans To Begin Building A Base On The Moon: 'Humanity’s First Outpost On Another Celestial World'

NASA revealed details about its plan to build a base on the moon this week, calling it “humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world.” During an event on Tuesday at the space agency’s headquarters, NASA announced planned launch schedules and future milestones for the first Moon Base infrastructure. “The Moon Base will be America’s and humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “Every miss…

NASA Solidifies First Moon Base Missions: What to Know

Concrete work toward humanity’s first moon base will begin around the lunar south pole this year, NASA leadership announced on May 26. Beginning this fall and continuing through the end of the year, three unmanned missions will venture to Shackleton Crater, the area of the moon targeted for the first human landing since 1972. These are the first of more than two dozen missions planned across the next three years, representing hundreds of million…