NASA Moon Base Construction
Sector: Space Exploration • Location: United States of America
Source: DW
NASA will cancel plans for an orbiting lunar space station and instead focus on constructing a base on the moon's surface. The project aims to build a moon base over the next seven years with an estimated cost of about $20 billion. This shift is part of changes to the Artemis II moon project, aiming for sustained operations on the lunar surface and a return to the moon's surface by 2028.
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Space Exploration
- Location
- United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- DW
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Description | NASA will cancel plans for an orbiting lunar space station and instead focus on constructing a base on the moon's surface. The project aims to build a moon base over the next seven years with an estimated cost of about $20 billion. This shift is part of changes to the Artemis II moon project, aiming for sustained operations on the lunar surface and a return to the moon's surface by 2028. |
Original sector | Space Exploration |
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Country | United States of America (USA) |
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Article published date | 2026-03-27 |
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