NASA's Artemis Program Is a Monument to Government Waste. It Can Only Go Up From Here.

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NASA cancels Lunar Gateway space station to focus on Moon base

NASA is shelving Lunar Gateway as the centerpiece of Artemis and shifting toward a phased plan to build infrastructure directly on the Moon.
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NASA halts work on Gateway to develop a lunar base

NASA is halting plans to develop the lunar Gateway and instead focusing on the development of a During an event at NASA Headquarters March 24, agency officials outlined major changes to its Artemis lunar architecture,

NASA plans moon base, nuclear spacecraft in multibillion-dollar moon program expansion

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Tuesday it has canceled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface,

Here is NASA’s plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars

But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 billion on developing a human-tended complex in orbit around the Moon since the Gateway program’s official start in 2019.

NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in

NASA is honing its focus on future Artemis missions to land astronauts on the moon, removing the Gateway space station from its plans and prioritizing bases on the lunar surface.

NASA just abandoned a big moon project for a chance to beat China

Northrop Grumman works on HALO, the main central module of the now-sidelined Gateway lunar space station. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA will shelve its plan for a small lunar space station in favor of building a base directly on the moon.