NASA reveals plans for permanent lunar base spanning hundreds of square kilometres
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Summary
NASA has revealed plans to build a permanent lunar base spanning hundreds of square kilometres as part of its Artemis programme. The initial phase involves autonomous rovers and hopping drones scouting the lunar surface to find suitable locations, with astronauts later constructing the base. Three missions launching this year will begin searching for an ideal base location. The Artemis II mission, focused on landing astronauts on the moon for the first time since the 1970s, has been successful so far.
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· 4 pulledNASA has revealed details of its plans to build a permanent base on the moon.
Initially, this will see autonomous rovers and hopping drones scouting out the lunar surface.
Down the line, the plan is for astronauts to build a future lunar home, slated to be hundreds of square kilometres in size.
Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location
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