Nell Greenfield Boyce

In a speech at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., he said work on the lunar space station, known as Gateway, would stop so that all efforts can go towards constructing a permanent moon base.

NASA is on the verge of launching four astronauts on a mission to circle the moon and return for the first time since the 1970s, with a launch opportunity coming in about a week.

Landing astronauts on the lunar surface is targeted for 2028.

Nell Greenfield, Voice, NPR News.

The moon base will not appear overnight.

We will invest approximately $20 billion over the next seven years and build it through dozens of missions.

Since private astronaut and wealthy entrepreneur Jared Isaacman became NASA's administrator a few months ago, he's been shaking up its Artemis Moon program.

In a speech at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., he said work on the lunar space station, known as Gateway, would stop so that all efforts can go towards constructing a permanent moon base.

NASA is on the verge of launching four astronauts on a mission to circle the moon and return for the first time since the 1970s, with a launch opportunity coming in about a week.

Landing astronauts on the lunar surface is targeted for 2028.

Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.

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Since private astronaut and wealthy entrepreneur Jared Isaacman became NASA's administrator a few months ago, he's been shaking up its Artemis moon program.

In a speech at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., he said work on the lunar space station, known as Gateway, would stop so that all efforts can go towards constructing a permanent moon base.

NASA is on the verge of launching four astronauts on a mission to circle the moon and return for the first time since the 1970s, with a launch opportunity coming in about a week.

Landing astronauts on the lunar surface is targeted for 2028.

Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.