NASA is hosting a news briefing to share its plans about a permanent moon base - follow our live updates

NASA plans to build a planned moon base in three stages, starting with more frequent astronaut and cargo flights to the moon the develop the infrastructure needed to support…

NASA plans to build a $20 billion base on the moon, and the Artemis II crew flew by the moon last month in part to flesh out the initiative.

NASA is hosting a news briefing to share its plans about a permanent moon base - follow our live updates

During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed

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NASA has provided the first look at its plans for its moon base, which include several robotic missions to the surface of the moon as early as this year.

The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.

During phase one, NASA will launch three Moon Base uncrewed missions

After a successful lunar flyaround, NASA has announced three missions to the moon as part of efforts to establish a permanent base on the earth's natural satellite.

The US space agency has outlined plans for a sprawling lunar outpost involving rovers, hopping drones and resource-extraction technology as part of a renewed race to the Moon.

NASA has announced a $20 billion, three-phase plan to establish a permanent moon base, with three missions scheduled this year to advance lunar exploration and habitation efforts.

The US is in a space race with China to get astronauts to the lunar surface.