NASA announced a suite of awards to support a sustained Moon Base near the lunar south pole, including the next phase of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Eight companies are eligible to compete for future cargo deliveries under a new CLPS 2 contract, and the agency is moving ahead with PROMISE, a nuclear-powered rover designed to study the surface and look for resources such as ice.
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Posted by budbl.com (#1) 17 minutes ago (https://www.nasa.gov)NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon
Posted by budbl.com (#1) 17 minutes ago (https://www.nasa.gov)
NASA leadership has outlined plans to speed up the Artemis program, with Artemis III planned as a 2027 test flight in Earth orbit and Artemis IV aimed at landing astronauts on the Moon in 2028. The update includes a planned 14-day Orion mission to practice rendezvous and docking with lunar lander test vehicles, plus ongoing work with SpaceX and Blue Origin on the landers themselves.
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