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NASA Abandons Its Ambitious Lunar Space Station in Major Shake-Up
NASA is hitting pause on their plans for lunar orbital space station Gateway. (NASA Johnson/Alberto Bertolin) NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon,
As part of phase two, running from 2029 to 2032, NASA will seek to secure a site for a lunar base. This phase is projected to entail 27 landings with a total mass of 60 metric tons. These landed payloads would include larger, pressurized rovers, solar and nuclear power sources for surface activities, towers for communication, and excavator rovers.
A medical incident in January caused Mike Fincke to be evacuated from the space station - but no one understands what happened.
The first spacewalk of 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, and will be livestreamed by NASA. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will spend about 6.5 hours working outside the ISS. A previously planned spacewalk in January was canceled due to ...
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he suddenly was unable to speak while on board the ISS, triggering the first-ever medical evacuation. Earlier this year, NASA announced the first-ever medical evacuation in the International Space Station’s 25 years of continuous human occupation.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts — three space station veterans and a Canadian rookie — stand out even in an astronaut corps full of super achievers.