Starting gun fired on America’s new space race as NASA reveals images of planned Moon base for astronauts to live and work on the lunar surface in six years

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.

Early habitation on the moon is slated for 2029

The agency aims to begin constructing a lunar base in 2029, then have a sustained human presence on the moon starting a few years later.

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NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II mission

We also obviously want to be very mindful of the Outer Space Treaty."

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 outpost at the satellite’s south pole may eventually spread out over hundreds of square miles

NASA is targeting a moon landing by two astronauts as soon as 2028.

The base's perimeter may be marked by hopping "MoonFall" drones, and new moon rovers built by AstroLab and Lunar Outpost will carry astronauts around the site.

NASA hopes to return humans to the lunar surface in 2028.

NASA said the first three unmanned moon base missions are targeted to launch by the end of 2026, after achieving a historic lunar fly-by.

NASA’s Moon Base launches start this fall.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in NASA contracts for the first phase of its moon base…

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 April's Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, travelling deeper into space than the Apollo moon crews did during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace have been awarded hundreds of millions in contracts for the vehicles.

Astronauts will get to self-assemble lunar base

The space agency has turned to Jeff Bezos as it seeks to jump-start progress on US President Donald Trump’s demand for a lunar base by the end of the decade.