NASA's moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission
NASA is advancing its plans for a moon base by ordering landers, rovers, and drones for a mission targeted for 2028. The agency has awarded contracts to four U.S. companies to develop the necessary hardware, including lunar terrain vehicles and drones. The moon base aims to support scientific research and lay the groundwork for future Mars expeditions.
- ▪NASA has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies for its moon base plans.
- ▪Blue Origin will provide landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface near the moon's south pole.
- ▪The first Artemis astronauts are expected to land on the moon as early as 2028, following a series of test flights.
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Space NASA's moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission May 26, 2026 / 6:27 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround.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.Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon's south pole. These so-called lunar terrain vehicles will be built by Astrolab and Lunar Outpost. Firefly Aerospace, which landed successfully on the moon last year, will deliver the first drones to the moon.
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