NASA Outlines First Phase of Moon Base With Rovers and Landers
NASA on Tuesday detailed initial plans for a lunar base and awarded contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to four U.S. companies. The announcement comes less than two months after the Artemis II crewed lunar flyaround.
France 24NASA on Tuesday released the first phase of plans for a permanent lunar base, including landers, rovers and drones. S. companies.
The New York Times reported that the contracts form part of broader efforts to establish infrastructure on the Moon. France 24 said the plans include visualisations of buggies, landers and drones.
The announcement follows the Artemis II mission, which completed a crewed lunar flyaround less than two months earlier. No specific company names or contract values were released in the initial statements. >"NASA on Tuesday outlined the first phase of plans of a sprawling moon base.
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NASA released first-phase lunar base plans and awarded contracts.
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Artemis II completed a crewed lunar flyaround.
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